Daniel Haston Family Association

Planning a Hiestand Tour in Canton Zurich, Switzerland

Visit the Original Homeland of Your Hiestand (Haston) Ancestors

Historical Background for Your Hiestand Tour in Switzerland

This book contains 100+ pages (Chapters 2, 3, and 4) of historical background that will make your Hiestand visit to Switzerland MUCH more meaningful, plus nearly 300 pages of additional information on the early Hiestand family in Rhineland Germany and the Colonial Years in America.

Site 1 - Hiestand Bakery Bistro and Shop in Zürich City

Although it is not a Hiestand historic site, per se, it is a neat place to visit, and the food is wonderful. Tell them you are an American, with Hiestand roots in Zürich. It may not get you a discount, but you will make them smile.

Site 2 - Richterswil Museum (Ortsmuseum Richterswil)

The museum is located in downtown Richterswil, one of the earliest villages where our Hiestands lived. Contact them ahead of your trip to schedule a visit, since their normal hours are limited. They have always been very flexible with us and have some Hiestand materials that you will want to see.

Ortsmuseum Richterswil
Dorfbachstrasse 12
8805 Richterswil
044 786 34 39
info@ortsmuseum-richterswil.ch

Site 3 - Ueli Hiestand's Beichlen and Himmeri Farms

Ueli Hiestand was a prominent citizen near the village of Wädenswil in the mid-1400s. He owned two large farms, Beichlen and Himmeri. See Chapter 2 of The Heritage, Life, and Legacy of Daniel Haston: Book 1 – The Swiss-German Heritage of Daniel Hiestand for the historical significance of these two villages.

Sites 4 and 5 - Fälmis and Haslen Farms

Our Anabaptist Hiestand ancestors (almost certainly) originated from these two farms – Fälmis and Haslen – (approximately 1/2 mile from each other) before they were forced out of Switzerland because of their faith. They are now suburbs of Samstagern in the municipality of Richterswil within the Horgen District of Canton Zürich. See Chapter 3 of the The Heritage, Life, and Legacy of Daniel Haston: Book 1 – The Swiss-German Heritage of Daniel Hiestand for the historical significance of these two villages.

Fälmis is still a farm, as you can see in the above aerial photo.

Haslen is now a subdivision, as you can see in the above aerial photo.

Site 6 - Village of Hütten and Around Lake Hütten (Hüttnersee to locals)

As early as the 1400s, several Hiestands were living on farms around this small lake. Also, the village of Hütten overlooking Lake Hütten (Hüttnersee) was a place where Hiestands have lived for centuries. See Chapter 2 of The Heritage, Life, and Legacy of Daniel Haston: Book 1 – The Swiss-German Heritage of Daniel Hiestand for the historical significance of this area.

Site 7 - Schönau

Hiestands were one of the first, if not the first, families to clear and settle on this hillside, the (Hinter) Schönou. They were there at least as early as 1453. It is rich with Hiestand history, especially during the Anabaptist years. The family that currently (2025) lives there is open to members of the Hiestand family visiting there. Just be polite and let them know who you are and why you are visiting. Don’t miss the Bert Kampfert house.

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Haston – William Lester, Sr.

1892 – 1923

William Lester Haston, Senior

Rank and Branch of Military

Private 1st Class, U.S. Army

Years of Service

May 24, 1918 – September 25, 1919

Locations of Training, Deployment, and Service

Basic training at Camp Jackson, South Carolina, after induction – less than three months of training. Embarked for overseas on July 30, 1918. Arrived on the Western Front in August 1918. Remained in France until May 1919.

Wartime Theaters of Assignment and Major Battles

Argonne Forest in France. Argonne Forest Offensive, a major part of the final Allied offensive of World War 1, which led to the end of WW1. The battle where Sgt. Alvin C. York made military history and for which he was awarded the Medal of Honor.

Awards, Decorations, Badges, etc.

World War 1 Victory Medal

Stories of Interest Involving the Service Member

He was poison-gassed during the war, which contributed to his death near his home in 1923.

Relationship to the Daniel Haston Family

Daniel Haston > David Haston > Isaac T. Haston > Thomas Cole Haston . William Lester Haston, Sr.

Other Information About the Service Member's Haston or Haston-Related Ancestry

Buried in the Haston Cemetery in Cummingsville, TN – https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/32790309/william-lester-haston

Person who submitted this information and relationship to the honored veteran:

Granddaughter, Margie Haston Roberts Johnson (daughter of Lester Haston, Jr.)

Email address to the person who submitted this information:

naynaymargie65@gmail.com

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Elwood Haston WW2 Rolex

Elwood Haston's WW2 Wrist Watch

World War II Rolex Watches

Composed by Vincent Deschamps

In a few of the articles I’ve written on the subject of WWII watches I mentioned that Switzerland remained neutral during World War II and that many of the brands we now cherish made watches for both the Allied and Axis forces: namely the British, French, Italians, and Germans. By the time war broke out in 1939, Rolex had already relocated to Switzerland. However, it was one of the few brands—if not the only one—that sold watches exclusively to the Allied forces.

Rolex, therefore, made a few models that found their ways to the battlefields, whether on land or in the air. Unlike other Swiss brands, Rolex did not issue military watches—meaning the brand was not following what we refer to as Government-issued military specifications. Instead, Rolex made watches for the military which it distributed by way of local retailers or sent directly to the military. And, as the story goes, sometimes directly to captured soldiers in German camps.

Different sources say different things about which field watches Rolex made during World War II and how they were distributed. First, the Rolex Oyster Army. Rolex, of course, used the Oyster case to guarantee that the movement would be protected against water, dust, and dirt. The Oyster Army according to some, better made than many field watches that were officially issued to armed forces.

The Following Images are Part of a Repair Report Created by Rolex Repair

Specifically About Elwood Haston's Watch - the Images are of His WW2 Watch

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Heritage of Daniel Hiestand-Haston Book Review

Book Review - The Swiss-German Heritage of Daniel Hiestand-Haston

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Confederate Brigadier General Philip Dale Roddy

Probable Nephew of David and Peggy RODDY Haston

Background

On January 19, 1805 the Knox County, TN Court: “Ordered that Philip Roddy as orphan now at the age of fourteen years be bound apprentice to John Webb until he arrives at the age of twenty-one years, and agreeably to the said order, Indentures are executed and a counterpart filed in Office.”

This 14-year-old orphan was probably a (five years younger) brother of Margaret/Peggy Roddy, who married Daniel Haston’s oldest son, David Haston. John Webb ran a major leather tanning operation in the Knoxville area.

A Phillip Roddy served in the War of 1812, from October 13 – January 1814. He was in McCrory’s Regiment of the West Tennessee Militia, a unit composed of men from Williamson, Maury, Giles, Overton, Rutherford, and Smith Counties. Evidence strongly suggests that this was the “orphaned Phillip Roddy,” who would have been about 22 years old when McCrory’s unit was formed. Phillip was living in the town of Liberty, TN, which is now in DeKalb County but Smith County at that time–about 40 miles west of where David and Peggy Roddy Haston lived. Phillip was a saddle maker, which would have been consistent with experience as a leather tanner.

If indeed Philip Dale Roddy was the orphaned Phillip of Knox County, he was (most likely) Peggy Roddy Haston’s (David Haston’s wife’s) younger brother. And, if so, General Philip Dale Roddy, Confederate Civil War hero, would have been her nephew.

General Philip Dale Roddy

Philip Dale Roddy/Roddey’s parents moved from DeKalb County, TN to Moulton, Alabama, where he was born (about 1820) and grew up. He was a tailor, before being elected as the Sheriff of Moulton, AL. Later, he got into the steam ship business on the Tennessee River.

He opposed Alabama’s secession from the United States, until the Federal Army captured Fort Henry on the Tennessee River on February 6, 1862. Roddy then raised a company of mounted soldiers, “Tishomingo Rangers,” later that year. Early in his military career, he gained the confidence of General Braxton Bragg and other Confederate generals. He and General Nathan Bedford Forrest frequently operated together.

He was quickly elevated to Colonel and later confirmed as a Brigadier General in April 1864. General Philip Dale Roddey earned the sobriquets “Defender of Northern Alabama” and the “Swamp Fox of the Tennessee Valley.” He had a good reputation for the humane way he treated his prisoners of war. His military exploits are well-documented, as well as the scandals that plagued his post-war civilian life.

Post-War Scandals

Sadly, the Civil War hero of northern Alabama abandoned his family after the war and destroyed his good name by extramarital affairs and unscrupulous business deals. His bigamous marriage to the much younger Carlotta Frances Shotwell and alleged swindling of her wealth, forced him to move to England to evade criminal prosecution. He died in London in 1897, but his body was returned to Moulton, AL for burial

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Some Famous Early Americans Our Hiestands and Hastons Were Associated With – Part 2

Famous Early Americans Our Hastons Met and Knew, Part 2

General/President Andrew Jackson (1767-1845)

Daniel Haston’s paths may have crossed Andrew Jackson’s multiple times in Upper East, TN, and afterward in Knoxville, TN. They were contemporaries in Washington County, TN, in the 1780s, 1788 for sure. Even after Jackson moved to Nashville, in Middle Tennessee, and Daniel’s family moved to Knox County, TN, Jackson’s visits to Knoxville were frequent, especially after 1796 when Tennessee was a state and Knoxville was its capital. But, on October 7, 1801, Daniel Haston faced Andrew Jackson in a courtroom in Knoxville. Daniel was a juror and Jackson was a defendant (and a judge for the same case!) in a court case in the Hamilton District Superior Court. You should read that story! I don’t know how much personal contact they had then or in some other setting, but their eyes must have met in that courtroom. Neither of them would have had any idea that Daniel’s son, Isaac Haston, would fight for General Jackson in the Battle of New Orleans–and near to where General Jackson directed his army against the British. And, during his political years, Jackson passed through White County (Sparta), TN back and forth from his Hermitage home east of Nashville and Washington, DC.

Tennessee Governor Willie Blount (1768-1835)

You know a lot about Andrew Jackson, but I doubt that you know anything about his Tennessee friend and political ally, Willie Blount, who was governor of Tennessee for three terms, 1809-1815. He was Tennessee’s governor during the War of 1812, the war that made Andrew Jackson famous. He was General Jackson’s “boss” during the war. When the war ended, Willie Blount was at the height of his popularity. J.G.M., the famous early Tennessee historian, stated: “Willie’s popularity with the masses has rarely been equalled.” He would easily have been elected to a fourth term as Tennessee governor in 1815, but constitutional term limits prevented him from seeking another term.

Although I don’t have solid proof for my assumption, I believe that Daniel’s son David was a friend of Willie Blount when both were living in Knoxville. David named his first son, “Willie (Wiley) Blount Haston.” Bount was nine years older than David, but they would have been young men at the same time in the tiny village of Knoxville, when and where most everybody knew everybody.

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Some Famous Early Americans Our Hiestands and Hastons Were Associated With

Famous Early Americans Our Hastons Met and Knew, Part 1

John Sevier (1745-1815)

Daniel Haston and other members of the Hiestand family may have met and known John Sevier while they were living in northern Virginia. Sevier was approximately five years older than Daniel Hiestand/Haston and grew up just over the Massanutten Mountain from the Hiestands. He is credited with being the founder of New Market, VA. In pre-Tennessee western NC, he became famous as a successful Indian fighter, a President of the failed state of Franklin, the first Governor of Tennessee, an office he served in four times. Sevier’s farmstead, Marble Springs, was located south of where the Daniel Haston family lived during their ten-year sojourn in Knox County, TN. While he was Tennessee’s governor, he rode past their home every time he rode from Knoxville to his farmstead. According to his journal, he purchased vegetables from Suza Haiston and a Mrs. Haiston. Whether or not these were the same person or two members of the Daniel Haston family, I do not know. But they were certainly members of Daniel’s family.

William Cocke (1748-1828)

William Cocke was chosen, in early 1796, as a delegate to the convention that wrote the first Tennessee Constitution. When the Tennessee government was formed, Cocke was selected to be one of the first two Tennessee senators, along with William Blount. His first term was short, 1796-1797. He was later elected by the Tennessee Assembly to a Senate seat and served from 1799 to 1805. Cocke had the distinction of serving the state legislatures of four states: Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Mississippi. He was also a major leader in the organization of the would-be State of Franklin, the state’s delegate to the Congress of the Confederation. His first known contact with the Hiestand/Haston family was when, as an attorney, he defended Abraham Hiestand, Daniel’s brother, in the 1793-1794 Hamilton District Court case, Robert McCombs vs Abraham Heistant. Unfortunately for Abraham, McCombs won the case. A year later, he was the prosecuting attorney in the John Mattox vs. John Stone case, that resulted in Mattox’s security, Daniel Haston, having to pay the court costs.

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Abraham Hestand’s Survey and the Tebbs Bend Battle of the Civil War

In 1799, 100 Acres Were Surveyed for Abraham Hiestand/Hestand

64 Years Later (July 4, 1863) the Battle of Tebbs Bend, KY Was Fought There

Daniel and Abraham Hiestand - Post Virginia

Daniel Hiestand/Haston left Virginia with his older brother, Abraham, in about 1783. They journeyed to what is now Upper East Tennessee, near Jonesborough in Washington County. After 20 or so years there, they parted ways. Daniel moved his family to South Knoxville in Knox County, TN. Abraham moved to South Central Kentucky.

Abraham claimed 100 acres on Tebbs Bend of the Green River, in what is now the southern tip of Taylor County, KY. His good friend, John Lemon, settled on the adjacent bend, known for more than 200 years as Lemon’s Bend.

Something happened shortly after Abraham received his survey–something that changed his mind about completing the purchase. I suspect that is when his wife, Mary Magdalene Boehm Hiestand, died. On the back of the survey he assigned the rights of his surveyed property to his son, Henry Hiestand/Hestand. But, Henry chose not to finalize the deal either. So, the land never made it into the Hiestand family. However, it became the site of a very important Civil War battle.

Abraham and Henry both settled about 50 miles southwest of Tebbs Bend, in what became Monroe County, KY.

The survey drawing below is upside down, which was not uncommon for survey plats in that era.

Abraham Hestand's Tebbs Bend Survey

In South-Central KY, the Hiestand name for Abraham’s family became “Hestand,” but, in the early years, clerks often spelled it “Heaston.”

Site of the Battle of Tebbs Bend

Excellent Tour of the Battlefield if you are interested in Civil War history – Link below:

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March 14 2026

Confederate Guerrilla, David J. Hastin – Post Civil War

Daniel Haston > Isaac Haston/Hastin > John Wesley Hastin > Dave J. Hastin John Wesley Hastin and Haston – Cousin vs Cousin David J. Hastin – Dreaded Confederate Guerrilla David J. Hastin – Finds Peace with God and Man March 1894 – Dave J. Haston – Gloriously Converted No doubt, Dave had lived for yearsContinue

March 7 2026

Dave Hastin – Ex-Bloody Bushwhacker

Daniel Haston > Isaac Haston/Hastin > John Wesley Hastin > Dave J. Hastin John Wesley Hastin and Haston – Cousin vs Cousin David J. Hastin – Dreaded Confederate Guerrilla David J. Hastin – Finds Peace with God and Man We don’t know much about the war experiences of Isaac’s son, John Wesley Hastin, but weContinue

February 28 2026

Zoom Meeting – Planning for October 9-10, 2026 FAMILY Gathering in MO

Zoom Meeting, Monday at 7:00 p.m. Central Time – March 9, 2026 Your Invitation Link – Plug This Into Your Web Browser: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89784337004?pwd=UVtg1k6DXQJDlT7el7jZby8C8FvmWF.1 We will talk about the basic plans we have now – the presentations, field trips, meals, etc. But we want to hear from you, what can we do to make this aContinue

February 21 2026

Haston Family Books

The Story of the Daniel Haston Family Our Family’s Journey Through Many Locations and Generations In this book, I tell a story—a historically true story about our Haston family roots in Europe, beginning near the end of the Middle Ages. The story will continue as I describe some of the dreadful experiences they were forced toContinue

February 20 2026

Is Every Haston a Descendant of Daniel Haston

1852 – James Haston, a Case in Point James Haston – History of Reno County, Kansas – Volume 2 (pages 780-782) When I see the HASTON name, I immediately begin to ask myself, “How did this James Haston fit into the descendancy of Daniel Haston, our c. 1750-1826 ancestor, from whom a massive FAMILY ofContinue

February 14 2026

Lucas Haston – Sparta TN

The Y’s Fitness Director, Nina Weston, has seen Lucas through this journey and could not be prouder. She shared part of Lucas’s story, as he got comfortable teaching the others in Special Olympics, and how the two of them worked hard to get him certified. Read the Full Lucas Haston Story If you appreciated thisContinue

February 7 2026

Civil War – Haston Cousin Against Haston Cousin

One a Son of Jeremiah Haston, the Other a Son of Isaac Haston — Both, Grandsons of Daniel Haston John Wesley Hastin and Haston – Cousin vs Cousin David J. Hastin – Dreaded Confederate Guerrilla David J. Hastin – Finds Peace with God and Man Sometimes, Haston family genealogists have confused these two men, butContinue

January 30 2026

Catherine Haston Austin’s Sons

See also: Daughters of Catherine Haston Austin – Granddaughters of Daniel Haston Daniel Haston’s daughter, Catherine, married John Austin in about 1819. John’s first wife, Rachel, had recently died. Catherine inherited seven of Rachel’s children, immediately becoming a busy step-mother. Over the next 23 years, Catherine gave birth to six children of her own–threeContinue

January 23 2026

Catherine Haston Austin’s Daughters

See also: Sons of Catherine Haston Austin – Grandsons of Daniel Haston Daniel Haston’s daughter, Catherine, married John Austin in about 1819. John’s first wife, Rachel, had recently died. Catherine inherited seven of Rachel’s children, immediately becoming a busy step-mother. Over the next 23 years, Catherine gave birth to six children of her own–threeContinue

January 17 2026

October 2026 – FAMILY Gathering in MO

It’s set – Mid-America Gathering for all descendants of Daniel Haston! October 9 & 10, 2026 at the Ebenezer, MO Historical Society near Springfield, Missouri It’s centrally located to numerous sites where Daniel Haston’s children and grandchildren settled in the 1800s. And we will visit some of them! Plus, historical presentations about some of theseContinue

January 10 2026

E.C. Haston – WCHS Principal

E.C. Haston – Principal of White County (TN) High School Van Buren County, TN – Born and Grew Up Edwin Cummings Haston was born on November 9, 1913, in Cummingsville, TN (3rd District in Van Buren County, TN). 1920 Census – Cummingsville, TN 1930 Census – Cummingsville, TN Middle Tennessee State Teacher College – Murfreesboro,Continue

January 2 2026

1896 – Hastons in the News

1896 – Interesting Facts and Stories About Our Earlier Cousins Thanks to the “now” online availability of historical newspapers, we can learn interesting facts and stories about some of our Haston relatives, especially the ones who lived in communities where there were newspapers that have been digitized and become accessible through the Internet. I focusContinue

December 26 2025

Who is Buried in the Christina Nave Grave

When he was approximately 23 years old, our ancestor Daniel Haston (originally Hiestand) married Christina Nave on September 28, 1773, in Dunmore/Shenandoah County, VA. I think we can say with confidence that she was the mother of Daniel’s first four or five children, at least. And we can be sure that for the first few years ofContinue

December 20 2025

Hastons in Early Van Buren County, TN Court Minutes – 1860-1866

Hastons in Court – The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly 1840-1844 1845-1849 1850-54 1855-1859 1860-1866 Year of 1860 Page Name Description 361 Wm. C. Haston Mentioned here as a constable. Ritchmand (Richmond) Haston State vs. Richmond Haston (small offenses court) – cost or fine of $2.00. Note: This was probably Richmond T. Jones, who livedContinue

December 6 2025

Murder of Sheriff Montgomery G. Haston – 3

The Basic Story Newspaper Nuances Sheriff Mrs. Haston As the story goes, she strapped her husband’s guns on around the waist of her dress and got to work. She meant business! When her term was expired, Imogene moved to Warren County and raised her two daughters, Dorothy and Lenora. Dorothy was about a year oldContinue

November 29 2025

Book 2 – The Life of Daniel Haston

It will be about December 10 before large quantities will be available for shipping. Scroll Down to Order a Copy or Copies of the Book Before you choose a shipping option, be aware that… Local Pickup option is only for situations where shipping is not required. Library Rate is only to be used between libraries. Media RateContinue

November 22 2025

Murder of Sheriff Montgomery G. Haston – 2

Links will be activated when the stories are posted. The Basic Story Newspaper Nuances Sheriff Mrs. Haston I’ve been taught, and have taught others, that the stories we tell ourselves create emotions, and it is those emotions that sometimes drive us to reactions that we often later regret. Here is a classic example. Here areContinue

November 15 2025

Murder of Sheriff Montgomery G. Haston

Links will be activated when the stories are posted. The Basic Story Newspaper Nuances Sheriff Mrs. Haston Who would have thought that this innocent-looking little boy would become the Sheriff of Van Buren County, TN, and be gunned down in such a horrific way? Montgomery Greenville Haston, born June 9, 1898, was the son ofContinue

November 1 2025

David Montgomery Haston – Trouble Getting His Confederate Pension

65 Years After the War – Confederate Pension Denied Jane Haston Ritter’s Memory of the Family Story About Her Great-Grandfather, David Montgomery Haston The only thing I remember my mother saying was that he never ate biscuits after the war because of worms or bugs, something was in them. He always ate and enjoyed cornbread.Continue

October 25 2025

1895 – Hastons in the News

1895 – Interesting Facts and Stories About Our Earlier Cousins Thanks to the “now” online availability of many historical newspapers, we can learn interesting facts and stories about some of our Haston relatives, especially the ones who lived in communities where there were newspapers that have been digitized and become accessible through the Internet. IContinue

October 18 2025

Scalding Death of Isaac T. Haston Jr.

The Horrible Death of “Shack” (Isaac T. Haston, Jr.) The Chattanooga (TN) Commercial, January 1, 1887 If you appreciated this article, please share it with others who might also enjoy it. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email Print Order Copies of the Book – Or, See More Information and Preview the Contents

October 13 2025

150 Years – Haston Cemetery

150 Years of History in the (Isaac T.) Haston Family Cemetery October 12, 2025 Haston Cemetery Decoration and History Talk Imagine: For 150 years, descendants of Isaac T. and Elizabeth Sparkman Haston have been visiting this cemetery! On Sunday, October 12, 2025, a few dozen Haston family members gathered for the annual decoration at theContinue

October 9 2025

Hastons in Early Van Buren County, TN – Court Minutes – 1855-1859

Hastons in Court – The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly 1840-1844 1845-1849 1850-54 1855-1859 1860-1866 Year of 1855 (June – December) Page Name Description 3 Isaac T. HastonAbraham Trogdon, decd. Isaac T. Haston, administrator of Abraham Trogdon’s estate, petitioned to sell Trogdon’s land at the court house on Monday, June 4, 1855. 4 HeirsContinue

October 9 2025

Hastons in Early Van Buren County, TN Court Minutes – 1850-1854

Hastons in Court – The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly 1840-1844 1845-1849 1850-54 1855-1859 1860-1866 Year of 1850 Page Name Description 292 James A. Haston J.P. – county court (January term) 294 James A. Haston J.P. – county court (Tuesday session of January term) 296 W.B. Haston Appointed as judge for the May 1850Continue

October 4 2025

Mid-America Hastons Gathering

Mid-America All Hastons Gathering – Fall 2026 Exact date and details to be determined with input from interested attendees. Descendants of Daniel Haston settled in all of the areas within and around the Mid-America circle on the map above. Many of our “H families” (Haston, Hastain, Hasting, Hastin, Hastings, and probably other spellings) are stillContinue

September 27 2025

Dwight Haston – 1946-2025

Dwight Haston – A Proud Haston, A Proud American I just learned that Dwight passed away Thursday morning, September 25, 2025. Read Dwight’s Legacy of Service (Air Force) Record I (Wayne Haston) met Dwight in person for the first time in the summer of 2000. I was just beginning to become interested in Daniel HastonContinue

September 13 2025

Hastons in Early Van Buren County, TN Court Minutes – 1845-1849

Hastons in Court – The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly 1840-1844 1845-1849 1850-54 1855-1859 1860-1866 Year of 1845 Page Name Description 139 David Haston J.P. – county court (January term) 140 Arthur Mitchell Appointed to serve in the April 1845 circuit court, representing the 3rd district. 142 W.B. Haston’s old place Reference to theContinue

September 5 2025

Hastons in Early Van Buren County, TN Court Minutes – 1840-1844

Hastons in Court – The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly 1840-1844 1845-1849 1850-54 1855-1859 1860-1866 Year of 1840 Page Name Summary 1 Isham B. Haston He was one of the original Justices of the Peace (J.P.) for Van Buren County, TN. However, his official commission papers were presented in the June session. 2 I.B.Continue

August 30 2025

Big Fork Cemetery – Repairs and Improvements (August 2025)

Honoring the 389 Local Folks Buried in This 200+ Year Old Graveyard Haston – Cummings – Stipes – Crawley – Shockley – Moore – Madewell – Denney – Whitley – Creely – Huddleston – Others Thanks to Jean Ann Haston Hall and her Crew – Rickie and Angel Branscum, Jared Stafford, and Jacob Byford. PleaseContinue

August 23 2025

1894 – Hastons in the News

1894 – Interesting Facts and Stories About Our Earlier Cousins Thanks to the “now” online availability of historical newspapers, we can learn interesting facts and stories about some of our Haston relatives, especially the ones who lived in communities where there were newspapers that have been digitized and become accessible through the Internet. I focusContinue

August 20 2025

Claire Aufrance – Historical Achievement

NC Appraisal Board Claire has been a member of the Daniel Haston Family Association Core Leadership Team from the beginning of the association. One day, 20+ years ago, I received an email from Claire which said something like this, “I am a descendant of Jeremiah Haston, who was the son of Daniel Haston.” And sheContinue

August 9 2025

William Haston – Kansas City, MO Gunfight

Jealousy + Alcohol + Guns = Bloodshed William Carl Haston Daniel Haston > Isaac Haston/Hastin > William Carroll Hastin > Oliver Hazard Perry Hastin > William Carl Haston. William Carl Haston, the shooter in this incident, was the grandson of William Carroll Haston/Hastin, who died in Cass Township of Greene County, MO, in August 1845Continue

July 26 2025

1893 – Hastons in the News

1893 – Interesting Facts and Stories About Our Earlier Cousins Thanks to the “now” online availability of historical newspapers, we can learn interesting facts and stories about some of our Haston relatives, especially the ones who lived in communities where there were newspapers that have been digitized and become accessible through the Internet. I focusContinue

July 19 2025

1891-1892 Hastons in the News

1891-1892 – Interesting Facts and Stories About Our Earlier Cousins Thanks to the “now” online availability of historical newspapers, we can learn interesting facts and stories about some of our Haston relatives, especially the ones who lived in communities where there were newspapers that have been digitized and become accessible through the Internet. Continue

July 12 2025

1886-1890 Hastons in the News

1886-1890 – Interesting Facts and Stories About Our Earlier Cousins Thanks to the “now” online availability of historical newspapers, we can learn interesting facts and stories about some of our Haston relatives, especially the ones who lived in communities where there were newspapers that have been digitized and become accessible through the Internet. I focusContinue

July 4 2025

Haston – John Grady

1943 – 2015 Parents: John T. Haston and Josie L Hitchcock Haston John Grady Haston Rank and Branch of Military SSGT (Staff Sergeant, E-6) Marine Corps Years of Service 1961-1971 = 10 years, 7 months, & 4 days Locations of Training, Deployment, and Service Basic Training at Parris Island, S.C. Third Recruit Battalion Platoon 323Continue

June 28 2025

1881-1885 Hastons in the News

1881-1885 – Interesting Facts and Stories About Our Earlier Cousins Thanks to the “now” online availability of historical newspapers, we can learn interesting facts and stories about some of our Haston relatives, especially the ones who lived in communities where there were newspapers that have been digitized and become accessible through the Internet. IContinue

June 21 2025

Hastons in the News – 1876-1880

1876-1880 – Interesting Facts and Stories About Our Earlier Cousins Thanks to the “now” online availability of historical newspapers, we can learn interesting facts and stories about some of our Haston relatives, especially the ones who lived in communities where there were newspapers that have been digitized and become accessible through the Internet. IContinue

June 6 2025

Hastons in the News – 1866-1875

1866-1875 – Interesting Facts and Stories Previously Unknown Following the Civil War, there was a rapid increase in the number of newspapers. And descendants of Daniel Haston continued to migrate westward, in areas where newspapers were published. Thanks to the “now” online availability of historical newspapers, we can learn interesting facts and stories about someContinue

May 24 2025

Hastons in the News –

200+ Years of Hastons in Newspapers 1800-1865 Subscription to Newspaper.com required to open the newsletters. Exception: Genealogybank.com required for the 1833 article If you appreciated this article, please share it with others who might also enjoy it. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email Print Order Copies of the Book – Or, See More Information and Preview theContinue

May 10 2025

Planning a Hiestand Tour in Canton Zurich, Switzerland

Visit the Original Homeland of Your Hiestand (Haston) Ancestors Historical Background for Your Hiestand Tour in Switzerland This book contains 100+ pages (Chapters 2, 3, and 4) of historical background that will make your Hiestand visit to Switzerland MUCH more meaningful, plus nearly 300 pages of additional information on the early Hiestand family in RhinelandContinue

May 9 2025

Haston – William Lester, Sr.

1892 – 1923 William Lester Haston, Senior Rank and Branch of Military Private 1st Class, U.S. Army Years of Service May 24, 1918 – September 25, 1919 Locations of Training, Deployment, and Service Basic training at Camp Jackson, South Carolina, after induction – less than three months of training. Embarked for overseas on July 30,Continue

May 3 2025

Elwood Haston WW2 Rolex

Elwood Haston’s WW2 Wrist Watch World War II Rolex Watches Composed by Vincent Deschamps In a few of the articles I’ve written on the subject of WWII watches I mentioned that Switzerland remained neutral during World War II and that many of the brands we now cherish made watches for both the Allied and AxisContinue

April 26 2025

Heritage of Daniel Hiestand-Haston Book Review

Book Review – The Swiss-German Heritage of Daniel Hiestand-Haston Order Copies of the Book – Or, See More Information and Preview the Contents If you appreciated this article, please share it with others who might also enjoy it. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email Print Order Copies of the Book – Or, See More Information and PreviewContinue

April 18 2025

Confederate Brigadier General Philip Dale Roddy

Probable Nephew of David and Peggy RODDY Haston Background On January 19, 1805 the Knox County, TN Court: “Ordered that Philip Roddy as orphan now at the age of fourteen years be bound apprentice to John Webb until he arrives at the age of twenty-one years, and agreeably to the said order, Indentures are executedContinue

April 12 2025

Haston History Books – Library Distribution Project

Haston History Book to Every Place Daniel Haston Descendants Live or Have Lived Haston History Book to Libraries Project Best option: We will ship the book to you if you will hand-deliver it to the library. But (for our records) let us know the name and address of the library. Complete the Form Below PleaseContinue

April 4 2025

Some Famous Early Americans Our Hiestands and Hastons Were Associated With – Part 2

Famous Early Americans Our Hastons Met and Knew, Part 2 General/President Andrew Jackson (1767-1845) Daniel Haston’s paths may have crossed Andrew Jackson’s multiple times in Upper East, TN, and afterward in Knoxville, TN. They were contemporaries in Washington County, TN, in the 1780s, 1788 for sure. Even after Jackson moved to Nashville, in MiddleContinue

March 29 2025

Some Famous Early Americans Our Hiestands and Hastons Were Associated With

Famous Early Americans Our Hastons Met and Knew, Part 1 John Sevier (1745-1815) Daniel Haston and other members of the Hiestand family may have met and known John Sevier while they were living in northern Virginia. Sevier was approximately five years older than Daniel Hiestand/Haston and grew up just over the Massanutten Mountain from theContinue

March 22 2025

Abraham Hestand’s Survey and the Tebbs Bend Battle of the Civil War

In 1799, 100 Acres Were Surveyed for Abraham Hiestand/Hestand 64 Years Later (July 4, 1863) the Battle of Tebbs Bend, KY Was Fought There Daniel and Abraham Hiestand – Post Virginia Daniel Hiestand/Haston left Virginia with his older brother, Abraham, in about 1783. They journeyed to what is now Upper East Tennessee, near Jonesborough inContinue

March 15 2025

Our 300th Blog Post

Our 300th Blog Post/Article – Browse All of Them March 22 2025 Abraham Hestand’s Survey and the Tebbs Bend Battle of the Civil WarIn 1799, 100 Acres Were Surveyed for Abraham Hiestand/Hestand 64 Years Later (July 4, 1863) the Battle of Tebbs Bend, KY Was Fought There Daniel and Abraham Hiestand – Post Virginia DanielContinue

March 8 2025

Cowboy Missionary to Chickasaw Indians – Nathan Lorenza Haston

Cowboy Missionaries to Chickasaw Indians Part 1 – Nathan Lorenza Haston My first cousin three times removed. -Wayne Haston Missionary Brothers Willard Durham Haston’s Link will be activated when his page is published. Nathan Lorenza Haston Willard Durham Haston Nathan Lorenza Haston was born in Van Buren County, TN in 1849. His parents were WileyContinue

March 1 2025

Online Flipbook – The Story of the Daniel Haston Family

Use the full-screen icon (last icon on the right, above) to get a larger view. Then, use the Escape keyboard key to return to this view. Sample – 74 pages from the 484 pages of The Story of the Daniel Haston Family Before you choose a shipping option, be aware that… Local Pickup option is onlyContinue

February 19 2025

Estelle Haston’s Family History Notebook

210 Pages of Haston Family History – Years of Work, Free to You You will need to be patient in downloading. This is a big book. Download – Estelle Haston’s Haston Family History Notebook – FREE Tributes to David Rhea Haston and Estelle Haston Family Research Materials Amassed by David and Estelle Through 20+ YearsContinue

February 15 2025

Basic DNA Seminar – 2024 Haston Family Reunion

Answering Basic Questions About DNA Research https://youtu.be/qDBXbHwvw2I Wayne Haston Interviews Darvin Martin, DNA Expert from Pennsylvania July 2024 – Daniel Haston Family Association Reunion If you appreciated this article, please share it with others who might also enjoy it. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email Print Order Copies of the Book – Or, See More Information andContinue

February 6 2025

06 – James Thomas Haston-Hasting & Clan to Yell County, Arkansas

James Thomas Haston/Hasting Clan to Arkansas Links will be activated when the posts are written and published. Introduction to Yell County, AR and the Tennessee Hastons Who Moved There Wiley B. and Mary Durham Haston G.M. “Doc” and Margaret Haston Shepherd Malinda Haston Howard, Widow of William Howard Amanda Haston Dale, Widow of William LeonardContinue

February 1 2025

04 – Civil War Widow – Amanda Haston Dale to Yell County, AR

Another Widowed Haston Woman – to Yell County, AR Links will be activated when the posts are written and published. Introduction to Yell County, AR and the Tennessee Hastons Who Moved There Wiley B. and Mary Durham Haston G.M. “Doc” and Margaret Haston Shepherd Malinda Haston Howard, Widow of William Howard Amanda Haston Dale, WidowContinue

January 25 2025

03 – Malinda Haston Howard, Widow of William Howard

Widow Malinda, Moved Her Family to Yell County, Arkansasd Links will be activated when the posts are written and published. Introduction to Yell County, AR and the Tennessee Hastons Who Moved There Wiley B. and Mary Durham Haston G.M. “Doc” and Margaret Haston Shepherd Malinda Haston Howard, Widow of William Howard Amanda Haston Dale, WidowContinue

January 18 2025

05 – Green Madison “Doc” and Margaret Ann Haston Shepherd

G.M. “Doc” and Margaret Ann Haston Shepherd Links will be activated when the posts are written and published. Introduction to Yell County, AR and the Tennessee Hastons Who Moved There Wiley B. and Mary Durham Haston G.M. “Doc” and Margaret Haston Shepherd Malinda Haston Howard, Widow of William Howard Amanda Haston Dale, Widow of WilliamContinue

January 10 2025

Sparta, TN – One Vote Shy of Becoming the State Capital?

Did Sparta, TN Almost Become the Capital of Tennessee? All of us old-timers who grew up in White County, Tennessee, have heard the story about Sparta coming one vote short of becoming the capital of Tennessee. The story usually goes on to say that the needed vote was “sold” for a drink of whiskey. Well,Continue

December 28 2024

Share Your Best Haston-Related Family Story

Every Family Has Stories – Share One of Yours With Us What Kinds of Stories? Meritorious Military service Outstanding achievements Unusual events Victims of major crime Historical backgrounds Humorous happenings Incidents of significant bravery Mysterious event Unique family lore passed down in your family Genealogical questions that have perplexed your family Other type of storyContinue

December 18 2024

Hannah Brooke Haston – University of Tennessee

Hanna Has the Haston Leadership-DNA Hannah Haston, daughter of David and Laura Haston of Dandridge, TN, is a Junior at the University of Tennessee studying Business Management on a Marketing Track with a collateral in Leadership and Organizational Effectiveness. In addition to this, she is pursuing a minor in Political Science with the intention ofContinue

December 18 2024

Emma Shackleford at Union School – Grandmother of Minnie Pearl

Minnie Pearl’s Grandmother Taught at the (Old) Union School In Southern White County, TN Where Hastons & Related Family Members Attended School The only name we have of those who taught in that old house [original log building used by Union School in Hickory Valley of southern White County, TN] is that of Miss EmmaContinue

December 14 2024

02 – Wiley B. and Mary Durham Haston

First-Known Hastons to Arkansas Links will be activated when the posts are written and published. Introduction to Yell County, AR and the Tennessee Hastons Who Moved There Wiley B. and Mary Durham Haston G.M. “Doc” and Margaret Haston Shepherd Malinda Haston Howard, Widow of William Howard Amanda Haston Dale, Widow of William Leonard Dale JamesContinue

December 4 2024

01 – Yell County, Arkansas – Hastons

Yell County, Arkansas – A “Haston Place” Yell County is Arkansas’s 42nd county, formed on December 5, 1840, from portions of Scott and Pope counties. Yell County, Arkansas – Wikipedia Why Yell County, Arkansas? Why did so many descendants of Daniel Haston from the Tennessee Haston Homeland move to Yell County, Arkansas, between 1850 andContinue

November 30 2024

Deuteronomy 32:7 – We Tend to Waith Until They are Gone

“Consider the Years of Many Generations; Ask…Your Elders” In the Bible, the nation of Israel repeatedly lapsed into immorality and social chaos. Why? It was largely because the people lost contact with the past. They became so focused on the “now” that they neglected to learn about the past. They failed to ASK their parentsContinue

November 13 2024

The Haston Penny That Came Home from the Civil War Battle of Perryville, KY

The Wiley B. Haston Penney Image Source: https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/article/the-battle-of-perryville-death-on-a-dry-river/ View a 10 Minutes Animated Overview of the Battle of Perryville Email from Hoyte Cook, August 16, 2024. James Alford and Livinia Haston family, highlighting the two Perryville, KY Battle (Civil War) sons, Wiley B. and John Taylor Haston. Article 15 I closed last week while inContinue

November 9 2024

Mini-Reunion – Let Us Help

We Can Help You Have a Memorable Haston Family Reunion Would you like to have a Haston Family Reunion in your area– a reunion for your branch of the Haston and Haston-related families? Wayne will come and give some presentations on Haston family history. You will be able to ask your questions about our family’s history.Continue

November 2 2024

Can You Join the DAR or SAR

How You Can Become a Member of the DAR or SAR You must join as “Daniel Haston – a Patriot,” not as “Daniel Haston – a Veteran.” What’s the difference? Read on. Sons of the American Revolution Since 1889, the Sons of the American Revolution (SAR) has honored our Revolutionary War patriot ancestors by promotingContinue

October 26 2024

Luther Haston – A Life of Crime

From Cradle to the Prison Graveyard – How He Got There Luther Haston – The Beginning and the End, Part 1 Luther Haston – Life Between the Beginning and End, Part 2 The “Dash” Between Luther Haston’s Birth and Death Dates March 7, 1900 – September 9, 1938 What was in the “DASH” of hisContinue

October 12 2024

Luther Haston – Brushy Mountain Prisoner – Part 1

What’s a Haston Doing in a Place Like This? In this post, I will tell you the story of the Beginning and End of his earthly life. In the following post, I will tell you the story of the “DASH” between the beginning and the end. Luther Haston – The Beginning and the End, PartContinue

October 12 2024

Amazon.com – Haston Family History Books

Available on Amazon.com Go to the Haston History Bookstore on Amazon.com If you appreciated this article, please share it with others who might also enjoy it. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email Print

October 4 2024

Civil War Sharpshooters in the Jesse Haston Family

Civil War Sharpshooters – Jesse, Jr. and Isaac Haston Sons of Jesse Haston, Sr. & Grandsons of Daniel Haston You may have read the story of William A. Haston, who served in the Mexican War. If so, you will recall that he was a son of Jesse Haston, Daniel’s son. Well, two of his brothersContinue

September 27 2024

Video Presentation – Daniel Haston Family Tree

Video Presentation – Daniel Haston’s Family Tree Wayne Haston presents the first-generation Daniel Haston Family Tree, with information on each of the nine known children of Daniel Haston, plus one other very important descendant. The presentation was given in the July 2024 All-Hastons Family Reunion. Download a Presentation Handout for Taking Notes View the VideoContinue

September 13 2024

2022-2027 Haston Family History Books Project

The Heritage, Life, and Legacy of Daniel Hiestand/Haston The 2022-2027 Hiestand/Haston Family History Books Project The Story That Led to This Project I began researching my Haston family in the fall of 1999. It started as a simple attempt to satisfy my curiosity, but it soon became a hobby, sometimes an obsessive one. I startedContinue

September 6 2024

The Big Story of the Hiestand-Haston Family Video Presentation

Video Presentation – Haston History, 600+ Years in 60 Minutes Wayne Haston traces our Hiestand-Haston history from Switzerland, beginning in 1401 when the family name first appeared in an official document. Download the Presentation Handout for Taking Notes View the Presentation – 600+ Years of Hiestand-Haston History in 60 Minutes If you appreciated this presentation,Continue

August 31 2024

WW2 Belly Gunner – Horace H. “Ace” Haston, Part 4

The Post-WWII Life of Horace “Ace” Haston Part 1 – From High School Into WW2 Part 2 – Role of Belly Turrent Gunner Part 3 – The Critical Battle of Morotai Part 4 – Post-War Life Back in Tennessee Post-War Life of Horace Haston as Told by Daughter, Alice Haston Norton When the war wasContinue

August 24 2024

Battle of Morotai – Horace H. “Ace” Haston, Part 3

“Ace” Haston Opens Up About His Experiences as a B-24 Belly Gunner Part 1 – From High School Into WW2 Part 2 – Role of Belly Turrent Gunner Part 3 – The Critical Battle of Morotai Part 4 – Post-War Life Back in Tennessee His Story as Told by Daughter, Alice Haston Norton Dad andContinue

August 11 2024

WW2 Belly Gunner – Horace H. “Ace” Haston, Part 2 – Duplicate – [#41530]

The “Ace” on a WWII Heavy Bomber Crew for 13 Missions Part 1 – From High School Into WW2 Part 2 – Role of Belly Turrent Gunner Part 3 – The Critical Battle of Morotai Part 4 – Post-War Life Back in Tennessee His Story as Told by Daughter, Alice Haston Norton Horace “Ace” Haston,Continue

August 2 2024

WW2 Belly Gunner – Horace H. “Ace” Haston, Part 1

The “Ace” on a WW II Heavy Bomber Crew for 13 Missions Horace H. Haston: December 4, 1925 – April 15, 2020 He was a student at Central High School in Chattanooga, TN when the attack on Pearl Harbor happened. He told me, “Everybody was so patriotic, and were all so mad.” In 1944 heContinue

July 4 2024

2024 Reunion – Old Family Photos and Heirlooms

Two Reunion Interest Centers – Old Family Photos & Heirlooms These treasures will be labeled and placed on interest center tables. We have learned that these old family photos and heirlooms are some of the most attention-getting features of a family reunion. During some of the main “Mix and Mingle” sessions, you may want toContinue

June 27 2024

John E. Haston – Bledsoe County, TN Family

John E. Haston Families – Bledsoe County, TN Reconnected to Tennessee Pioneer Daniel Haston This may be (but not for sure) the grave of John E. Haston, in a line with his grandson or great-grandson? Howard T., daughter Dora, and wife Mary E., in the Seals Cemetery on the Cumberland Mountain in Bledsoe County, TN).Continue

June 15 2024

Our Pre-Daniel Haston European Roots

New Release – Book 1 of a 4-Part Series The Heritage of Daniel Haston – His Swiss Ancestors and the Experiences that Drove His Father to America Book 1 (Heritage) of a 4 part series – The Heritage, Life, and Legacy of Daniel Haston My 2022 book, The Story of the Daniel Haston Family, wasContinue

May 25 2024

Haston – Edward Earl

In Baumholder, Germany Edward Earl Haston 1932 – 2002 Obituary Grave Rank and Branch of Military Corporal, Army Years of Service 1951 – 1954 Locations of Training, Deployment, and Service Baumholder, Germany Wartime Theaters of Assignment and Major Battles Korean War Relationship to the Daniel Haston Family Descended through David Haston, Daniel’s son Other InformationContinue

May 25 2024

Haston – Fred Marion

1915 – 2000 Dr. Fred Marion Haston, Sr. Rank and Branch of Military Army Air Corps – Captain (perhaps Major prior to discharge) We know he was a Captain for sure (can see his Captain’s bars on his picture). I think he may have been promoted to Major prior to being discharged because I foundContinue

May 3 2024

Part 3 – Search for the Man Who Killed Revenue Agent Hugh Lowery

Part 3 – In Search of a Bootlegging Cop Killer Part 1 – The Shooting Death Part 2 – The Shooter, Ernest Price Part 3 – The Search for Ernest Price One of Daniel Haston’s G-G-G Granddaughters played a major role in the post-shooting drama. I will tell you some things about what happened toContinue

April 26 2024

Part 2 – Ernest Price, the Man Who Shot Hugh Lowery

Part 2 – The Man Behind the Trigger on April 23, 2024 Part 1 – The Shooting Death Part 2 – The Shooter, Ernest Price Part 3 – The Search for Ernest Price One of Daniel Haston’s G-G-G Granddaughters played a major role in the post-shooting drama. In Part 3, I will tell you someContinue

April 19 2024

Part 1 – Shooting Death of Revenue Officer, Hugh Lowery

Part 1 – Deadly Encounter With Bootleggers in White County, TN Part 1 – The Shooting Death Part 2 – The Shooter, Ernest Price Part 3 – The Search for Ernest Price One of Daniel Haston’s G-G-G Granddaughters played a major role in the post-shooting drama. 100 Years Ago – A White County, TN MurderContinue

April 17 2024

Spencer Town Spring

The Site That Became Spencer, TN Baptismal pool at the town spring in Spencer, TN in about 1915-17. The woman is Inez Woodlee Isom. -Photo provided by Marr Temples Original Name of the Site that Became Spencer, Tennessee On Monday, April 6, 1840, Van Buren County Court met for the first time. At that time, noContinue

April 13 2024

4 – Major General Max Haston National Guard Armory

A Special Day Honoring Our Cousin, Max Haston I wish every Haston-related man, woman, boy & girl in the USA could have been present today. It would have made you (and them) proud to be a part of this wonderful family. Boyhood Beginnings ROTC to Major General TN Adjutant General Armory Dedication If you appreciatedContinue

April 12 2024

3 – David Haston & Family in White County, TN

230-Plus Events in the Life of David Haston, Phase 3 Pre-Marriage Life Early Marriage in Knox County, TN White County, TN Years Van Buren County, TN Years Pre-Marriage Life Early Marriage in Knox County, TN White County, TN Years Van Buren County, TN Years If you appreciated this article, please share it with others whoContinue

April 12 2024

Joseph Haston Family Timeline

Joseph Haston Family Timeline Another Article of Interest to Descendants of Joseph Haston Some Key Events in the Life and Family of Joseph Haston – Daniel Haston’s 2nd Son The 75+ Events Timeline If you appreciated this article, please share it with others who might also enjoy it. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email Print Order CopiesContinue

April 12 2024

1938 Murder of Charles Gordon Haston

Murder by Shotgun Blasts in the Face & the Back Then Beaten in the Head with the Stock of the Shotgun My first cousin once removed whom I never met and never knew existed until 80+ years after he was murdered. The Haston Lineage of Charles Gordon Haston It’s ironic that people who knew GordonContinue

March 30 2024

3 – Major General Max Haston, TN Adjutant General

40 Years of Service to Our Country & the State of Tennessee And Max Has Made a Significant Contribution to the “Haston” Name “He made a difference and he went out making a difference.” Boyhood Beginnings ROTC to Major General TN Adjutant General Armory Dedication If you want to know more about Max–his leadership philosophyContinue

March 27 2024

2 – Max Haston, From the ROTC to a Major General

Max’s Development as Military Leader Boyhood Beginnings ROTC to Major General TN Adjutant General Armory Dedication MTSU Forrest Raiders, Military Ball, 1978-79 (Max is front row, far right.) MTSU ROTC Cadets Max Haston and Mark Ferrell,1977-78 Middle TN State University Commissioning Service MTSU Commissioning with Parents and Wife, Anne LT Haston, Platoon Leader, Fort Hood,Continue

March 14 2024

Major General Max Haston National Guard Armory

Congratulations, Max! Thank You For Your Service. This new National Guard Armory near McMinnville, TN will be dedicated to honor our cousin, Major General (retired) Max Haston. â€œIt takes the sun and the stars to align just right to get an armory.â€ -A Max Haston “Maxism” From the time the process began, it took moreContinue

March 8 2024

4 – David Haston and Family in Van Buren County, TN

230-Plus Events in the Life of David Haston, Phase 4 Pre-Marriage Life Early Marriage in Knox County, TN White County, TN Years Van Buren County, TN Years David Haston’s Estate Sale – July 2, 1860, Recorded in Court I.T. Haston admin of David Haston A sale bill of the personal property sold by me asContinue

March 8 2024

David Haston’s Transfer of Land to Son Wm. Carroll Haston

David Haston – Passing His Land to the Next Generation With Links to Other David Haston Stories David Haston purchased two 50 acre tracts, then inherited another 50 acres from his father, Daniel. Later, Davis acquired two more tracts of land. David Haston Stories David Haston – Timeline of His Life David Haston Marries aContinue

March 7 2024

David Haston’s Spencer Town Lots

David Haston – First Owner of Spencer, TN Town Lot #44 And Six More David Haston was the first owner of Spencer, TN town lots #44 & 45. He sold Lot #44 to the Church of Christ in 1853. Van Buren County, Tennessee was formed early in 1840. During the September 1841 term of theContinue

March 6 2024

Major General Terry “Max” Haston – Part 1

The Boyhood Beginnings of an Army Major General Baby Max with parents, Jerry Dean and Bettye Claire Woodlee Haston Boyhood Beginnings ROTC to Major General TN Adjutant General Armory Dedication Ancestral Line Back to Henry Hiestand, Immigrant Ancestor I strongly encourage you to view the obituaries of Max’s parents and be sure to watch theContinue

March 2 2024

Caney Fork of the Cumberland – Book

A River of Importance to the Early Daniel Haston Family Arthur Weir Crouch, Author TN State Library & Archives (TSLA) Accession #’s 73-88 and Library of Congress # MS 69-1891 Go to the Book Balsam Range performing â€˜Caney Fork Riverâ€˜ in Studio B on September 25, 2015 If you like good blue grass music, IContinue

February 23 2024

The Haston Homeland

Three Counties in Middle Tennessee – The Haston Homeland People often ask me a question like this, “My Haston great-grandfather came from White (or Warren, or Van Buren) County, TN, are we related?” My immediate response, without asking any questions: “Yes, definitely.” In fact, the odds are very goodÂ if you have “Haston” in your ancestry,Continue

February 17 2024

July 26-27, 2024 All-Hastons Family Reunion

Bringing Together Haston Kinfolk from All Over the USA Some of Daniel Haston’s descendants morphed the name into Hastain, Hastin, Hasting, Hastings, and other variant spellings, but he (Daniel Haston) is our first generation-to-America ancestor. In July 2022 the first-ever Daniel Haston All-USA Family Reunion was held in the “Haston Homeland” (Southern White County, TN). Continue

January 31 2024

Murder of Grace Haston Rittenour

Stabbed 22 Times With a Screwdriver My “Uncle Arthur” and “Aunt Grace” (Haston) Rittenour Aunt Grace was one of my father’s (Boyd Haston’s) sisters.Â Because she and Uncle Arthur lived in Akron, Ohio and our family remained in Tennessee, I never knew them as well as I wanted.Â But my memories of her are special–sheContinue

January 27 2024

EARLY is the Time To Get Children Started in Family History

Help Your Children and Grandchildren Learn to Love Their Family’s History Part 3 – “Five More Tips” will be posted next week.Â Stay tuned! Part 1 – Getting Children Interested Part 2 – Five Tips Part 3 – Five More Tips For children, genealogy can be just as incredible a way to find meaning andContinue

January 12 2024

How to Get Your Children Interested in Family History

Getting Them Started Early to Appreciate Family History Part 3 – “Five More Tips” will be posted next week.Â Stay tuned! Part 1 – Getting Children Interested Part 2 – Five Tips Part 3 – Five More Tips How many times have I heard adults who are interested in their family’s history say, “My kidsContinue

January 6 2024

Hastons – A Family of Early Tennessee Pioneers

The Daniel Haston Family – Pioneer Tennessee Settlers More Than a Decade Before Tennessee Became a State Daniel Haston was truly an American pioneer in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, East Tennessee, but even more so in what became Middle Tennessee–White County in particular. Wayne Haston Daniel Haston and his family were American pioneers, inContinue

December 30 2023

Duncan – Gary G.

Brothers 1940 – 2023 Gary Gene Duncan Rank and Branch of Military E-3, United States Marine Corps Years of Service 1958 – 1962 Locations of Training, Deployment, and Service Camp Pendleton, & Barstow CA, Okinawa, Japan Relationship to the Daniel Haston Family Descended through Isaac Haston/Hastings – Son of Daniel Haston Other Information About theContinue

December 14 2023

1923 Status – Counties of Tennessee

100 Years Ago – Status of Middle Tennessee Counties Politically, Tennessee is divided into three Grand Divisions–East Tennessee, Middle Tennessee, and West Tennessee.Â The counties of East Tennessee are Anderston, Bledsoe, Blount, Bradley, Campbell, Carter, Claiborne, Cocke, Cumberland, Grainger, Greene, Hamblen, Hamilton, Hancock, Hawkins, Jefferson, Johnson, Knox, Loudon, Marion, McMinn, Meigs, Monroe, Morgan, Polk, Rhea,Continue

December 6 2023

3 – David Haston & Family in White County, TN

230-Plus Events in the Life of David Haston, Phase 3 Links will be activated one per week – Van Buren County Years will be activated soon. Pre-Married Life Early Married Life in Knox County, TN White County, TN Years Van Buren County, TN Years If you appreciated this article, please share it with others whoContinue

December 3 2023

Our Hiestand/Haston Connection to a Musical Superstar

Bert Kaempfert on a Historic Swiss Hiestand Farm If you were listening to popular music in the 1960s-1970s, you may not remember his name, but you will remember his music–Bert Kaempfert.Â Mr. Kaempfert was not one of our Hiestand relatives, but at the height of his success and fame, he was living and composing musicContinue

December 2 2023

Charles Lynn Haston, Sr.

Charles Lynn Haston, Sr. From a White County, TN Farm to a Leader in Tennessee Higher Education From a White County, TN farming family to a Vice President of Middle Tennessee State University and other leadership roles in Tennessee higher education, Lynn Haston has lived a very full and productive life. Beginning as a seven-year-oldContinue

November 24 2023

After Whom Was White County, TN Really Named?

Is the Information on this Historical Marker correct? Was John White the First Settler of White County, TN? And Was White County, TN Named to Honor Him? The most common tradition is that the county was named for John White, a Revolutionary War veteran from Virginia and an early settler in White County.Â Monroe Seals,Continue

November 10 2023

The Haston Family Tree – From Roots to Shoots

The Story of the Daniel Haston Family Visualized Telling Our Haston Family Story – From Bottom to Top Our Daniel Haston family story is rather simple. It can be told in four steps, and clarified with a bit of explanation at each step. First – Our European roots are in Switzerland. Our original family nameContinue

October 28 2023

The Centuries-Old Mystery of Daniel Haston’s Mother

Clues to the Identity of Daniel Haston’s Mother A Centuries-Old Mystery The family of Henrich Hiestand has been thoroughly researched for many years, but the identity of his wife has never been conclusively determined. However, if you dig very deeply into Henrich Hiestand family research you will find that there has been no lack ofContinue

October 20 2023

Samuel Haston and Mary Lowry – Lost Son of Daniel?

Samuel Haston – A Lost Son of Daniel Haston? Daniel Haston’s grandson, William Carroll Haston, said his grandfather had 13 children. Whether or not that was accurate, I do not know. Even if it was accurate, how many of those children lived to become adults–old enough to appear in public records? There are nine childrenContinue

October 14 2023

2023 Pacific Northwest Haston Reunion

Our First Daniel Haston Family Association Regional Reunion Portland, Oregon Our first Daniel Haston Family Association-sponsored regional (mini) reunion was held in Portland, Oregon on Friday evening, September 29, and all day Saturday, September 30.Â The Friday evening event was very informal, with snacks, coffee, etc.Â For nearly four hours, the place was buzzing withContinue

October 6 2023

Haston-Hiestand Heritage Tour Book

For $10 You Can Virtually Experience Our European Heritage Tour Hiestand-Haston 2023 Heritage Tour to Switzerland and Rhineland Germany Order the Book This is an illustrated journal from the June 14-26, 2023, Heritage Tour led by Lemar and Lois Ann Mast. Join the group of 29 persons as they walked the streets of their ancestorsContinue

September 22 2023

Jeremiah Haston’s Son-in-Law Escaped Hanging but …

The Civil War Divided the Haston Family in Missouri Battle of Wilson’s Creek The August 10, 1861 Battle of Wilson’s Creek was the first major Civil War battle west of the Mississippi River.Â It was fought just a few miles southwest of Springfield in Greene County, Missouri.Â Fortunately for Isaac Haston and most of hisContinue

September 9 2023

1 – David Haston – What We Know of His Pre-Marriage Life

230-Plus Events in the Life of David Haston, Phase 1 Pre-Marriage Life Early Marriage in Knox County, TN White County, TN Years Van Buren County, TN Years Pre-Marriage Life Early Marriage in Knox County, TN White County, TN Years Van Buren County, TN Years If you appreciated this article, please share it with others whoContinue

September 9 2023

2 – David Haston – Early Marriage Life

230-Plus Events in the Life of David Haston, Phase 2 Pre-Marriage Life Early Marriage in Knox County, TN White County, TN Years Van Buren County, TN Years Pre-Marriage Life Early Marriage in Knox County, TN White County, TN Years Van Buren County, TN Years If you appreciated this article, please share it with others whoContinue

September 8 2023

Meeting of Haston Cousins in the Pacific Northwest

Meeting Our Cousins in & from the Pacific Northwest As Well as Others from Around the USA Sharon and Wayne Haston Contact Carol Haston for information and to register: CarolHaston@gmail.com Descendants of Daniel Haston spread all throughout the United States.Â Many of them moved into the Pacific Northwest.Â As the Family dispersed, unfortunately, branches ofContinue

September 8 2023

Hiestand Kids Discover Marengo Cave

Daniel Haston’s GG Grand Niece and Nephew Make Amazing Discovery Indiana’s Most Visited Natural Attraction! Marengo Cave text from www.marengocave.com/ Marengo, Indiana The two kids were Hiestands, from the very same family as Daniel Hiestand/Haston–his great-great-grandniece and nephew! For more of the story about Blanche and Orris’s story of the discovery of the cave, seeContinue

August 25 2023

Maggie Chandler’s Stories

Maggie Chandler’s Stories Two sets of hearings and trials were planned, one set in the juvenile court for Ida’s daughter Thelma and another hearing and trial in the circuit court for Mrs. Ida Haston.Â But accusations and defense testimonies were a major part of Thelma’s juvenile case. Maggie Chandler’s Witness Stand Stories This case startedContinue

August 14 2023

Witnesses Come to the Defense of Mrs. Ida Haston

Witnesses Come to the Defense of Mrs. Ida Haston Two sets of hearings and trials were planned, one set in the juvenile court for Ida’s daughter Thelma and another hearing and trial in the circuit court for Mrs. Ida Haston.Â But accusations against Ida and defense testimonies in her favor were a major part ofContinue

August 14 2023

Verdicts in Thelma and Her Mother’s Cases

Verdicts in Thelma and Mrs. Ida Haston Cases Two sets of hearings and trials were planned, one set in the juvenile court for Ida’s daughter Thelma and another hearing and trial in the circuit court for Mrs. Ida Haston. But accusations against Ida and defense testimonies in her favor were a major part of Thelma’sContinue

August 13 2023

Tragic Death of William Carroll Haston, Jr.

Tragedy at the Tennessee State Capitol Building July 17, 1890 A shudder passed through the convention hall last night when the announcement was made that a man had fallen from the second story of the Capitol and killed. The Chairman of the White County delegation was called for, as the victim was one of hisContinue

August 11 2023

Ida Haston’s “House of Depravity”?

Mrs. Ida Haston Charged With Prostituting Teenage Girls Who Was Mrs. Ida Haston? Mrs. Ida [Gattis] Haston was the wife of Richmond Irvin Haston, apparently often known by his middle name as Irvin Haston.Â Richmond Irvin Haston was born on June 13, 1874 in Tennessee.Â According to the 1880 census for District 7 of VanContinue

August 5 2023

Schedule Your Personal Haston Heritage Tour

A Haston Heritage Tour Based On Your Family Line Back to Daniel Haston Now that we are living back in the Haston Homeland… Wayne and Sharon Haston – Now in White County, Tennessee (near where our Haston roots were firmly established in about 1804) We would love to guide you on a tour of sitesContinue

July 14 2023

We Are Moving Home

Back to the Soil of Our Haston Family Roots We are now officially homeless people. As I write this, it’s Friday, July 14, 2023. We closed on selling our house in Pennsylvania today. And we close on the purchase of a house in White County (Tennessee) on July 31, so temporarily we are homeless people,Continue

July 7 2023

Devil’s Bridge – Einsiedeln, Canton Schwyz

Devil’s Bridge – Canton Schwyz, Switzerland The world our early Swiss Hiestand lived in was filled with legends of witchcraft and devilish interactions with humans.Â Located a few miles from where our Hiestand ancestors lived was a bridge that they surely would have known about–the Devil’s Bridge.Â Our June 2023 Hiestand-Haston tour group visited thisContinue

July 1 2023

Pacific Northwest Daniel Haston Families Reunion

First Ever – Pacific Northwest Reunion of Our Family Meeting at the Wichita Avenue Evangelical Church Friday evening, September 29 (5:00-9:00 p.m.) and Saturday, September 30 (9:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.) The Agenda Thursday & Friday – September 28-29 (or earlier) – Optional, come early and visit some of the local tourist sites.Â Organize yourContinue

June 12 2023

A Hidden Yankee Sword Found on a Confederate Haston Farm

The Mystery of the Civil War Yankee Officer’s Sword I wish there was more I could say about this sword, but pretty much all that is known in the Haston family is that at some point after the Civil War, a Federal officer’s story was found in a hollow tree on the farm where ConfederateContinue

June 12 2023

Your Ancestors Wanted to Be Remembered

Your Ancestors Wanted to Be Remembered “Will I be remembered?” Our daughter, Carissa, passed away on March 22, 2023. She had suffered for 29-nine years with a paralyzed digestive tract, a medical condition known as gastroparesis. She was a remarkable girl-young lady-45-year-old woman in the way she fought through pain and multiple surgeries, including aContinue

May 27 2023

White County, TN Early Tax Lists for Caney For – Cane Creek Districk

Early Land Owners and Occupants – Caney Fork and Cane Creek White County, TN (Later, Van Buren County) 1811-1815 1816-1818 1821-1825 1826-1829 1832-1836 1837-1839 If you appreciated this article, please share it with others who might also enjoy it. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email Print Order Copies of the Book – Or, See More Information andContinue

May 25 2023

William Lester Haston, Sr. – Part 2

William Lester Haston, Sr. – Victim of WWI Poison Gas Warfare Part 2 – Post-War Death The Story of a WWI (Haston) Veteran Who Ultimately Gave His Life for Our Country Part 1 – World War 1 Experiences Part 2 – Tragic Post-War Death We were told he was gassed while in the military andContinue

May 20 2023

Part 2 – The Kin Maynard Murder Trial

Part 2 – The Kin Maynard Murder Trial Part 1 – The Killing of Woodville Haston Part 2 – Kin Maynard, Guilty or Not Guilty? After his initial arrest and preliminary hearing in Van Buren County, Kin Maynard escaped and fled to Texas, where he lived for more than a year before being arrested again.Continue

May 3 2023

Ground Penetrating Radar Project – Big Fork Historic Cemetery, Inc.

February 2023 Ground Penetrating Radar Project Incorporation of the Cemetery Big Fork Baptist Church One of the first major efforts in a renewed and enhanced plan to restore and preserve the historic Big Fork Cemetery was a Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) mapping project (February 2023) to determine how many burials occurred in the cemetery andContinue

April 25 2023

Big Fork Historic Cemetery – Incorporation

Incorporation of the Big Fork Historic Cemetery Ground Penetrating Radar Mapping Big Fork Baptist Church Along a dead-end road in northern Van Buren County, an area of White County until the 1840 formation of Van Buren County, lies Big Fork Cemetery, a historic burying ground that is out of sight and mostly out of mind,Continue

March 25 2023

Carissa Renee Haston – Her Story of Suffering and Faith

The Life of Carissa Haston – Her Joys, Sufferings, & Faith Carissa Renee Haston, age 45, of New Cumberland, PA passed away peacefully on Wednesday, March 22, 2023, surrounded by her Mom and Dad, two sisters, Faith and Celeste, and Faithâ€™s husband, Ben. She was born on October 28, 1977, in Chattanooga, Tennessee, to WayneContinue

March 18 2023

Jesse Haston Family Court Records

Jesse Haston Family Court Records – Missouri Jesse Haston Family, Part 1 Jesse Haston Family, Part 2 Early Deeds Associated with the Jesse Haston Family – Howard County, MissouriMicrofilm Reel C-2780 – Deeds, Volumes 1 & 2 (1816-1879) Grantee Grantor Book Page Notes Deed Index, Volume 1 (1816-1852) â€“ Microfilm Reel C-2780 Jesse Haston Benj.Continue

February 25 2023

1816-1818 White County, TN Tax Lists – Caney Fork and Cane Creek Area

1816-1818 Tax Book – Cane Creek & Caney Fork Militia District 1811-1815 1816-1818 1821-1825 1826-1829 1832-1836 1837-1839 Important Notes: Page numbers are .pdf page numbers from the CD,Â White Co, TN Deeds. Transcribed spellings may not be accurate in every case, due to the difficulty of reading the original text. If you have information to correctContinue

February 25 2023

1826-1829 White County, TN Tax Lists – Caney Fork and Cane Creek Area

1826-1829 Tax Book – Cane Creek & Caney Fork Militia District 1811-1815 1816-1818 1821-1825 1826-1829 1832-1836 1837-1839 Important Notes: Page numbers are .pdf page numbers from the CD,Â White Co, TN Deeds. Transcribed spellings may not be accurate in every case, due to the difficulty of reading the original text. If you have information to correctContinue

February 25 2023

1832-1836 White County, TN Tax Lists – Caney Fork and Cane Creek Area

1832-1836 Tax Book – Cane Creek & Caney Fork Militia District 1811-1815 1816-1818 1821-1825 1826-1829 1832-1836 1837-1839 Important Notes: Page numbers are .pdf page numbers from the CD, White Co, TN Deeds. Transcribed spellings may not be accurate in every case, due to the difficulty of reading the original text. If you have information to correctContinue

February 25 2023

1821-1825 White County, TN Tax Lists – Caney Fork and Cane Creek Area

1821-1825 Tax Book – Cane Creek & Caney Fork Militia District 1811-1815 1816-1818 1821-1825 1826-1829 1832-1836 1837-1839 Important Notes: Page numbers are .pdf page numbers from the CD,Â White Co, TN Deeds. Transcribed spellings may not be accurate in every case, due to the difficulty of reading the original text. If you have information to correctContinue

February 25 2023

1837-1839 White County, TN Tax Lists – Caney Fork and Cane Creek Area

1837-1839 Tax Book – Cane Creek & Caney Fork Civil District 1811-1815 1816-1818 1821-1825 1826-1829 1832-1836 1837-1839 Important Notes: Page numbers are .pdf page numbers from the CD,Â White Co, TN Deeds. Transcribed spellings may not be accurate in every case, due to the difficulty of reading the original text. If you have information to correctContinue

February 25 2023

1811-1815 White County, TN Tax Lists – Caney Fork and Cane Creek Area

1811-1815 Tax Book – Cane Creek & Caney Fork Militia District 1811-1815 1816-1818 1821-1825 1826-1829 1832-1836 1837-1839 Important Notes: Page numbers are .pdf page numbers from the CD,Â White Co, TN Deeds. Transcribed spellings may not be accurate in every case, due to the difficulty of reading the original text. If you have information to correctContinue

February 25 2023

200th Posted Article on Haston History and Related Topics

200 Posts and Counting – With Many More to Come Browse through the Entire Collection And Many, Many More! What Haston-Related People, Family Lines, or Topics Would You Like to Know More About? If you appreciated this article, please share it with others who might also enjoy it. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email Print Order CopiesContinue

February 16 2023

Haston Big Spring – alias Swamp Spring

How BIG is the Haston Big Spring Branch When the Hastons moved (late 1803 or early 1804) to what became White County, TN in 1806, Daniel Haston located his cabin on a hill above the emergence (springhead) of what was then called “the Big Spring Branch.” It soon became known as the “Haston Big Spring.” Continue

February 11 2023

If It Is Not Documented

Basic Rule of Recording History = Valid Documentation! The “Beyond Family Lore” Series Three Stages of Haston Research Seven Inaccuracies in Haston Genealogies If It Ain’t Documented, it Ain’t History Wayne’s Rant As a Ph.D. student at the University of Tennessee, I was required to take a collection of courses on how to conduct credibleContinue

February 9 2023

Hasting – Howard Hillman

1905 – 2003 Howard Hillman Hasting, Sr. 1960 Army Register, Vol. 1, Page 457 Rank and Branch of Military Colonel, U.S. Army Years of Service Graduate of the United States Military Academy, West Point in 1928. Separated from the armed service in 1931, he practiced law in Arkansas until he was recalled to duty afterContinue

February 2 2023

Seven Major Errors in Early Haston Genealogy Documents

Seven Major Errors in Early Haston Genealogical Documents The “Beyond Family Lore” Series Three Stages of Haston Research Seven Inaccuracies in Haston Genealogies If It Ain’t Documented, it Ain’t History There is much to appreciate about Haston family members of earlier generations who sincerely sought to discover and record the history of Daniel Haston’s massiveContinue

February 1 2023

Part 1 – The Killing of Woodville Haston

Part 1 – The Killing of Woodville Haston Part 1 – The Killing of Woodville Haston Part 2 – Kin Maynard, Guilty or Not Guilty? December 17, 1897 – Woodville Haston Shot and Killed Nashville Banner – December 21, 1897, page 4 The above article says “Maynard’s horse returned without its rider,” but that isContinue

February 1 2023

Haston – Richard Dale

1924 – 2010 Richard Dale Haston Rank and Branch of Military E-6, Navy Years of Service 1941-1945 Locations of Training, Deployment, and Service RTC San Diego, CA – Served aboard the USS Hammondsport AKV-2 Military Schools Attended Anti Aircraft Training Center – San Diego, CA 2nd and 3rd endorsements – June 1944 Wartime Theaters ofContinue

January 31 2023

Haston – Howard D.

1947 – Howard D. Haston Rank and Branch of Military Navy, E-5 Years of Service 1965 – 1971 Locations of Training, Deployment, and Service Machinist Mate “A” School – NTC Great Lakes, Illinois to Naval Nuclear Power School ( Phase I ) at Mare Island, Vallejo, CA to Nuclear Power Training Unit ( Phase IIContinue

January 31 2023

William Lester Haston – Victim of WWI Gas Warfare

William Lester Haston, Sr. – Victim of WWI Poison Gas Warfare Part 1 – Military Service The Story of a WWI (Haston) Veteran Who Ultimately Gave His Life for Our Country Part 1 – World War 1 Experiences Part 2 – Tragic Post-War Death Not all soldiers who give their lives for our country dieContinue

January 19 2023

1890 Northern Van Buren County, TN

1890 – Key Features of Interest to Hastons & Many Other Families This map was created about 86 years after Daniel Haston settled on the Big Spring Branch in what became the Cummingsville community.Â Daniel’s son, David Haston, died only 30 years prior to the map’s creation.Â The natural geographical features are the same asContinue

January 18 2023

Three Stage of Daniel Haston Family Research

The Evolution of Research on the Daniel Haston Family Three Stages of Haston Research Seven Inaccuracies in Haston Genealogies If It Ain’t Documented, it Ain’t History I don’t know when members of the Daniel Haston FAMILY began to develop an interest in discovering the historical story of Daniel Haston’s life and ancestry.Â I can imagineContinue

January 13 2023

Haston Family Mini-Reunions

Let Us Help You Organize & Promote Your Haston Mini-Reunion As I got older, the reunions became rarer and much smaller in attendance. The older folks who did all of the organizing were passing away, and the younger family members were not interested in keeping these gathering going. By the time I was finishing highContinue

December 24 2022

Slicker War in Missouri

The Slicker War of Missouri And the Family of Isham Bradley, Friend of the Haston Family “Isham Hobbs was a noted character, and probably the worst desperado ever on the borders.” Isham Hobbs (probably born in White County, TN) was the namesake grandson of Isham Bradley, a very close friend of the Daniel Haston family.Â Continue

December 23 2022

Haston FAMILY Highlights of 2022

Looking Back at our 2022 Daniel Haston Family Association Highlights 1. July 22-23 Haston Family Reunion Our first-ever Daniel Haston Family Association all-Hastons reunion was a remarkable success.Â About 150 registered from 17 states–all across the USA.Â Saturday was an unusually hot and humid day, even for July in Tennessee, but the Fellowship Hall whereContinue

December 21 2022

Help Finding Your Place in the Daniel Haston Family

Help Tracing You Back to Daniel Haston If you are a “Haston” or related to a Haston, chances are you are a member of the Daniel Haston FAMILY, that is scattered in all or most all of the United States. I have to add the “chances are” caveat because there are some American Hastons thatContinue

December 3 2022

The Message of the 1706 Hiestand Coat of Arms

The Message Behind the 1706 Hiestand Coat of Arms Augmentation of arms is a term describing an addition to a coat of arms at a later date, after the original coat of arms was created.Â Historically, augmentations were issued by a monarch as either a mere mark of favor or a reward or recognition forContinue

November 29 2022

FrÃ¼he Schweizer TÃ¤ufer Hiestand im deutschen Rheinland

FrÃ¼he Schweizer TÃ¤ufer Hiestand im Deutschen Rheinland Co-Autoren: Dr. Peter Ziegler (ZÃ¼rich, Schweiz)Â und Dr. Wayne Haston (Pennsylvania, USA) (EinschlieÃŸlich bedeutender Forschungsdaten von Kent Douglas Hiestand) Serie: FrÃ¼he Schweizer Hiestand Hiestand 1401 Herkunft und Bedeutung des Familiennamens Schweizer Familien Hiestand und ihre HÃ¶fe im 15. Jahrhundert Ueli Hiestands HÃ¶fe Beichlen und Himmeri Hiestand in der SchÃ¶nau,Continue

November 26 2022

Swiss Anabaptist Hiestands to the Rhineland and Beyond

Swiss Anabaptist Hiestands to the Rhineland and Beyond Co-authors: Dr. Peter Ziegler (ZÃ¼rich, Switzerland) and Dr. Wayne Haston (Pennsylvania, USA)(Including significant research data from Kent Douglas Hiestand) “Early Swiss Hiestands” Series Hiestand – 1401 Origin & Meaning of the Family Name Swiss Hiestand Families and Farms in the 1400s Ueli Hiestand’s Beichlen and Himmeri FarmsContinue

November 20 2022

400 Years of Swiss Hiestand Comrades in a Richterswil Land Cooperative

Centuries of Swiss Hiestands in a Land Cooperative Dr. Peter Ziegler (ZÃ¼rich, Switzerland) and Dr. Wayne Haston (Pennsylvania, USA), Co-Authors (Including significant research data from Kent Douglas Hiestand) “Early Swiss Hiestands” Series Hiestand – 1401 Origin & Meaning of the Family Name Swiss Hiestand Families and Farms in the 1400s Ueli Hiestand’s Beichlen and HimmeriContinue

November 19 2022

Louise Haston Rice – Jesse Haston Family Historian

Louise Haston Rice – Jesse Haston Family Historian I cannot remember when I did not love history and genealogy. As a young girl of 10 or 12, I started collecting information about my family. Louise Haston Rice Louise loved her family, life on the farm, and entertaining. She was active in the Baptist church inContinue

November 12 2022

The 1706 Hiestand Coat of Arms

Hiestand Coat of Arms The clenched fists are a clue that this shield was not created by or for an Anabaptist,Â but by a Swiss Hiestand who had not joined that movement.Â However, he may have been sympathetic to and protective of neighbors and relatives who were Anabaptists. Dr. Peter Ziegler (ZÃ¼rich, Switzerland) and Dr. WayneContinue

November 4 2022

Book Review – The Story of the Daniel Haston Family

Book Review – The Story of the Daniel Haston Family By Joanne Hess Siegrist – Historian, Author, Lancaster County, PA Tour Guide For More Information and to Order the Book If you appreciated this article, please share it with others who might also enjoy it. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email Print Order Copies of the BookContinue

November 3 2022

Timeline of Daniel Haston’s Life

Timeline of Daniel Haston’s Life – c. 1750-1826 The first 30 or so years of Daniel Hiestand’s life were spent in Virginia.Â The next (approximately) 20 years were spent in western North Carolina, the “Overmountain” area that became Upper East Tennessee.Â He spent about 10 years in Knox County, western part of East Tennessee, andContinue

October 20 2022

Jahrhunderte Schweizer Hiestands in einer Landgenossenschaft

Jahrhunderte Schweizer Hiestands in einer Landgenossenschaft Co-Autoren: Dr. Peter Ziegler und Dr. Wayne Haston Serie: FrÃ¼he Schweizer Hiestand Die Links werden aktiviert und verÃ¶ffentlicht am17.9.2022, 1.10.2022, 15.10.2022, 29.10.2022, 12.11.2022, 26.11.2022, 10.12.2022. Hiestand 1401 Herkunft und Bedeutung des Familiennamens Schweizer Familien Hiestand und ihre HÃ¶fe im 15. Jahrhundert Ueli Hiestands HÃ¶fe Beichlen und Himmeri Hiestand inContinue

October 19 2022

1840-1866 – Hastons in Van Buren County, TN Court Minutes

1840-1866 – Hastons in Van Buren County, TN County Court Minutes Early Hastons in the County Court – Mostly for Good, But Sometimes for Bad 1,538 Haston References Â Â Â Search Within This PageÂ Â Â [search-in-place-form in_current_page=”1″] April 1840 – May 1855 Van Buren County, TN County Court MinutesÂ (From TSLA – Van Buren County, TNContinue

October 18 2022

Help Support the Daniel Haston Family Association

Donations to the Daniel Haston Family Association Making a Donation Contact us if you have trouble making a donation: Info@DanielHaston.blog [give_form id=”28579″] Click on the “Donate Now” button. Choose a donation amount. Choose to, or not to, “Make this donation every month.” Click on the “Continue” button. Fill-in the “Who’s giving today” information. Choose to,Continue

October 18 2022

SchÃ¶nau – A Swiss “Nest of Anabaptists” Including Hiestands

Hidden Away in a Tiny Nook of Canton ZÃ¼rich, Switzerland Dr. Peter Ziegler (ZÃ¼rich, Switzerland) and Dr. Wayne Haston (Pennsylvania, USA), Co-Authors (Including significant research data from Kent Douglas Hiestand) “Early Swiss Hiestands” Series Hiestand – 1401 Origin & Meaning of the Family Name Swiss Hiestand Families and Farms in the 1400s Ueli Hiestand’s BeichlenContinue

October 16 2022

Van Buren County, TN Circuit Court Minutes

1840-1872 – Hastons Van Buren County, TN – Early Circuit Court Minutes Early Hastons in the Circuit Court – Mostly for Good, But Sometimes for Bad 850 Haston References Search Within This Page [search-in-place-form in_current_page=”1″] Volume A – August 1840 – January 1850 Year of 1840 Year of 1841 Year of 1842Continue

October 6 2022

Isham S. Haston Homeplace

“The Homeplace” The Isham S. Haston Family By Andrew LaRowe I am just old enough to have had the opportunity to know someone that was born on a farm in Tennessee in 1881. Della Myrtle Haston was my great-grandmother. She came to Winston Salem, North Carolina to live with her daughter, Arabelle, and they livedContinue

October 4 2022

Haston – Robert (“Bob”) Weldon

1923 – 2001 Robert “Bob” Weldon Haston Rank and Branch of Military Major in the U.S. Army Air Corps (and the Air Force, after it was created in 1947) Years of Service 1941 – 1957 Locations of Training, Deployment, and Service Aviation Cadet Training, Twin Engine Flying School, B-17 Transition in Sebring, Florida Wartime TheatersContinue

October 1 2022

Wappen Hiestand

Wappen Hiestand Die geballten FÃ¤uste sind ein Hinweis darauf, dass dieses Wappen nicht von einem oder fÃ¼r einen TÃ¤ufer geschaffen wurde, sondern von einem Schweizer Hiestand, der sich dieser Bewegung nicht angeschlossen hatte. Er kÃ¶nnte jedoch mit Nachbarn und Verwandten, die TÃ¤ufer waren, sympathisiert und sie beschÃ¼tzt haben. Co-Autoren: Dr. Peter Ziegler (ZÃ¼rich, Schweiz)Â und Dr.Continue

September 27 2022

SchÃ¶nau – German version

Versteckt in einer winzigen Ecke des Kantons ZÃ¼rich, Schweiz Co-Autoren: Dr. Peter Ziegler (ZÃ¼rich, Schweiz)Â und Dr. Wayne Haston (Pennsylvania, USA) (EinschlieÃŸlich bedeutender Forschungsdaten von Kent Douglas Hiestand) Serie: FrÃ¼he Schweizer Hiestand Die Links werden aktiviert und verÃ¶ffentlicht am17.9.2022, 1.10.2022, 15.10.2022, 29.10.2022, 12.11.2022, 26.11.2022, 10.12.2022. Hiestand 1401 Herkunft und Bedeutung des Familiennamens Schweizer Familien Hiestand undContinue

September 25 2022

Dr. Fred Dexter Haston

Dr. Fred Dexter Haston, M.D. How many men or women are prominent enough to have a 700-word article about them in a history book of the state they lived in for 20 years or so?Â One Great-Great Grandson of Daniel Haston did!Â Several years ago, even before I began researching my Haston family, I happenedContinue

September 23 2022

Haston – James Phillip

1921 – 2021 James Phillip Haston All Registration for Draft Rank and Branch of Military First Class Boatswain Mate, Navy Years of Service 1942-1945 Locations of Training, Deployment, and Service Trained at a destroyer base in San Diego, CA; Deployed to the South Pacific – “He was a driver for high-ranking naval officers, including FleetContinue

September 22 2022

Ueli Hiestand, Prominenter Bauer im 15. Jahrhundert

Ueli Hiestand, Prominenter Bauer im 15. Jahrhundert Co-Autoren: Dr. Peter Ziegler (ZÃ¼rich, Schweiz)Â und Dr. Wayne Haston (Pennsylvania, USA) (EinschlieÃŸlich bedeutender Forschungsdaten von Kent Douglas Hiestand) Serie: FrÃ¼he Schweizer Hiestand Die Links werden aktiviert und verÃ¶ffentlicht am17.9.2022, 1.10.2022, 15.10.2022, 29.10.2022, 12.11.2022, 26.11.2022, 10.12.2022. Hiestand 1401 Herkunft und Bedeutung des Familiennamens Schweizer Familien Hiestand und ihre HÃ¶feContinue

September 21 2022

Ueli Hiestand, Prominent Swiss Farmer in the 15th Century

Ueli Hiestand, Prominent Swiss Farmer in the 15th Century Dr. Peter Ziegler (ZÃ¼rich, Switzerland) and Dr. Wayne Haston (Pennsylvania, USA), Co-Authors (Including significant research data from Kent Douglas Hiestand) “Early Swiss Hiestands” Series Hiestand – 1401 Origin & Meaning of the Family Name Swiss Hiestand Families and Farms in the 1400s Ueli Hiestand’s Beichlen andContinue

September 19 2022

The Hiestand Name – Its Origin and Meaning

The Hiestand Family Name – It’s Origin, Meaning, and Pronunciation Dr. Peter Ziegler (ZÃ¼rich, Switzerland) and Dr. Wayne Haston (Pennsylvania, USA), Co-Authors (Including significant research data from Kent Douglas Hiestand) “Early Swiss Hiestands” Series Hiestand – 1401 Origin & Meaning of the Family Name Swiss Hiestand Families and Farms in the 1400s Ueli Hiestand’s BeichlenContinue

September 18 2022

Der Familienname Hiestand

Der Familienname Hiestand – Herkunft, Bedeutung und Aussprache Co-Autoren: Dr. Peter Ziegler (ZÃ¼rich, Schweiz)Â und Dr. Wayne Haston (Pennsylvania, USA) (EinschlieÃŸlich bedeutender Forschungsdaten von Kent Douglas Hiestand) Serie: FrÃ¼he Schweizer Hiestand Die Links werden aktiviert und verÃ¶ffentlicht am17.9.2022, 1.10.2022, 15.10.2022, 29.10.2022, 12.11.2022, 26.11.2022, 10.12.2022. Hiestand 1401 Herkunft und Bedeutung des Familiennamens Schweizer Familien Hiestand und ihreContinue

September 17 2022

Â Unsere Schweizer Hiestand- Vorfahren im 15. Jahrhundert

Unsere Schweizer Hiestand-Vorfahren im 15. Jahrhundert Co-Autoren: Dr. Peter Ziegler (ZÃ¼rich, Schweiz)Â und Dr. Wayne Haston (Pennsylvania, USA) (EinschlieÃŸlich bedeutender Forschungsdaten von Kent Douglas Hiestand) Serie: FrÃ¼he Schweizer Hiestand Die Links werden aktiviert und verÃ¶ffentlicht am17.9.2022, 1.10.2022, 15.10.2022, 29.10.2022, 12.11.2022, 26.11.2022, 10.12.2022. Hiestand 1401 Herkunft und Bedeutung des Familiennamens Schweizer Familien Hiestand und ihre HÃ¶fe imContinue

September 16 2022

Swiss Hiestands in the 1400s

Our Swiss Hiestand Ancestors in the 1400s Dr. Peter Ziegler (ZÃ¼rich, Switzerland) and Dr. Wayne Haston (Pennsylvania, USA), Co-Authors (Including significant research data from Kent Douglas Hiestand) “Early Swiss Hiestands” Series Hiestand – 1401 Origin & Meaning of the Family Name Swiss Hiestand Families and Farms in the 1400s Ueli Hiestand’s Beichlen and Himmeri FarmsContinue

September 8 2022

First Cousin – Or, First Cousin Once-Removed

Cousins or First Cousins-Once Removed What’s the Difference? A cousin at any distance or level in your family tree is truly your “cousin.” One of the things I’ve enjoyed most about working with Haston family research is getting to know so many cousins. And even though I may never have met him or her inContinue

August 19 2022

A Forbes Legend – Stephen Mathai-Davis (Descendant of Daniel Haston)

Stephen Mathai-Davis – “A Forbes Legend” Descendant of Daniel Haston through His Son, Jeremiah Haston On Friday afternoon, July 22, 2022, just shortly before our Daniel Haston Family Reunion officially began, Claire Aufrance received a phone call telling her that her beloved cousin, Stephen Mathai-Davis, had passed away suddenly and completely unexpectedly.Â Claire and herContinue

August 9 2022

Timeline of Our Blog Articles

Timeline of Our Blog Articles Some of the main topics included in the blog focus on the history of the Daniel Haston family, honoring earlier Haston family researchers and other notable Hastons, announcing events of significance to members of the Daniel Haston Family and related families, and miscellaneous topics. July 17 2022 LaRowe â€“ AndrewContinue

August 8 2022

Zoom – Wayne’s Haston Reunion Presentation

Are You Interested in a Two-Part Series of Zoom Presentations in Which I Would Give the Haston History Presentation I Gave in the Recent Haston Reunion? Please Share This Page with Others who Might be Interested in the Presentation. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email Print Order Copies of the Book – Or, See More Information andContinue

August 6 2022

6 – Theories about the Shotgun Death of Vollie Belle Haston

Theories about the Shotgun Death of Vollie Belle Haston Co-Authors: Becky Hitchcock Harris and Wayne Haston I have learned that there is a lot of information “out there” (be it factual or inaccurate lore) about Vollie Belle Haston’s life and tragic death. I’d love to hear anything you have heard or know about Vollie Belle’sContinue

August 5 2022

5. Vollie Belle Haston – The Murder Trials

Vollie Belle Haston – The Murder Trials Co-Authors: Becky Hitchcock Harris and Wayne Haston I have learned that there is a lot of information “out there” (be it factual or inaccurate lore) about Vollie Belle Haston’s life and tragic death.Â I’d love to hear anything you have heard or know about Vollie Belle’s life orContinue

August 5 2022

4 – Vollie Belle Haston – Her Death by a 12 Gauge Shotgun

Vollie Belle Haston Raymond – Mysterious Death by a 12 Gauge Pump Shotgun Co-Authors: Becky Hitchcock Harris and Wayne Haston I have learned that there is a lot of information “out there” (be it factual or inaccurate lore) about Vollie Belle Haston’s life and tragic death.Â I’d love to hear anything you have heard orContinue

August 5 2022

3 – Vollie Belle Haston – Marriage to Clarke Raymond

Vollie Belle Haston’s Marriage to Clarke Raymond Co-Authors: Becky Hitchcock Harris and Wayne Haston I have learned that there is a lot of information “out there” (be it factual or inaccurate lore) about Vollie Belle Haston’s life and tragic death.Â I’d love to hear anything you have heard or know about Vollie Belle’s life orContinue

August 5 2022

2 – Vollie Belle’s Marriage to and Divorce from James Hurd Cruise

Vollie Belle’s Marriage to and Divorce from James Hurd Cruise Co-Authors: Becky Hitchcock Harris and Wayne Haston I have learned that there is a lot of information “out there” (be it factual or inaccurate lore) about Vollie Belle Haston’s life and tragic death.Â I’d love to hear anything you have heard or know about VollieContinue

August 4 2022

1 – Vollie Belle Haston – Her Early Years

Vollie Belle Haston – Her Early Years, From Birth to Marriage Co-Authors: Becky Hitchcock Harris and Wayne Haston I have learned that there is a lot of information “out there” (be it factual or inaccurate lore) about Vollie Belle Haston’s life and tragic death.Â I’d love to hear anything you have heard or know aboutContinue

August 3 2022

The Daniel Haston Short Story

The Daniel Haston Short Story Daniel Haston’s family lived “south of the Holston [now Tennessee] river opposite Knoxville, TN shortly after the town was established and when Tennessee became a state in 1796. Daniel Haston moved from Knox County, Tennessee to the area of middle Tennessee that became southern White County, a year or two priorContinue

July 22 2022

The Story of the Daniel Haston Family – Book

The Book: The Story of the Daniel Haston Family Scroll Down to Order a Copy or Copies of the Book Remember the days of old; consider the generations long past.Ask your father and he will tell you, your elders, and they will explain to you.Deuteronomy 32:7 (NIV) In this book, I want to tell a story—a historicallyContinue

July 21 2022

Donate The Story of Daniel Haston Book to a Library

Help Make the Book Available to Others for Reading & Research Purchase Copies of the Book – The Story of the Daniel Haston Family

July 19 2022

Legends and Stories of White County, TN

Legends and Stories of White County, TN By Miss Coral Williams In 2002, I contacted Miss Byllee Burgess, the niece of Coral Williams, and received her approval to rescue her aunt’s 1930 thesis from total obscurity in a Vanderbilt library. Access the Entire Document Abstract by Miss Williams The purpose of this study is toContinue

July 17 2022

LaRowe – Andrew Willis

1954 -Â Senior Airman Andrew Willis LaRowe Rank and Branch of Military Senior Airman, Air Force Years of Service 1974-1978 Locations of Training, Deployment, and Service Lackland AFB, Malmstrom AFB Relationship to the Daniel Haston Family Descends through David Haston, Daniel’s son Add Yourself or Your Haston-Related Relative to the Legacy of Service Honor GalleryContinue

July 16 2022

Historic Event – First All-Hastons Gathering in 200+ Years

Perhaps THE Historic Haston FAMILY Event of Two Centuries+ More Information and Register Saturday Lunch and Supper-Leftovers Saturday Afternoon Historic Haston Sites Tour Fellowship Hall Entrance – Hickory Valley Baptist Church 5865 Hickory Valley Road, Sparta, TN 38583 If you appreciated this article, please share it with others who might also enjoy it. Facebook TwitterContinue

July 11 2022

Davis – Wallace M.

1919 – 2006 Group Commander Wallace M. Davis Rank and Branch of Military Group Commander, Navy Years of Service 1943-1971 Obituary Wallace M. Davis obituary Locations of Training, Deployment, and Service Saipan, Tinian, Okinawa, Tarawa Military Schools Attended U.S. Naval Reserve Midshipmen’s School at Northwestern University The Northwestern University Archives, with the help of Northwestern’sContinue

July 11 2022

Elwood C. Haston

Sergeant Elwood C. Haston – Veteran of WWII in Europe Soldier from the “Greatest Generation” On this day, July 11, 2022, Sergeant Elwood C. Haston would have been 100 years old. Today, and in future days when you read this article, we hope you will say “Thank you, for your service!” in your heart forContinue

July 8 2022

Chris Haston – NBC Photographer

Chris Haston – Our Reunion Portrait Photographer Brief Bio of Chris Haston Source: https://www.marathi.tv/anchor/chris-haston/ Chris Haston was born Christopher Haston on June 27, 1962, in Harbor City, CA, where he was also raised.Â When he was nine years old, his stepfather gave him a camera and he has been hooked on the art of photographyContinue

July 8 2022

Davis – William M.

1949 -Â Lieutenant Colonel William M. Davis Rank and Branch of Military Lieutenant Colonel, Army Years of Service 1972-1998 Locations of Training, Deployment, and Service Fort Jackson, South Carolina; Wiesbaden, Germany; Frankfurt, Germany; Iraq; The Pentagon Military Schools Attended Basic training at at Fort Jackson, South Carolina Wartime Theaters of Assignment and Major Battles WilliamContinue

July 8 2022

Haston – Max

1957 – Major General Max Haston Rank and Branch of Military Major General, Army Years of Service 1979-2019 Locations of Training, Deployment, and Service Ft Benning, GA; Ft Riley, KS; Ft Knox, KY; Ft Hood, TX, Multiple Locations in Germany, Ft Bliss, TX; Ft Leavenworth, KS, Ft Irwin, CA, FT Polk, LA, Ft Stewart, GA,Continue

July 2 2022

Photos and Background Info on 12 Haston Historic Sites in Tennessee

Photos & Background Info on 12 Historic Haston Sites in TN Even if you aren’t able to participate in the Saturday, July 23, 2022 tour, you will enjoy reading about (and seeing photos of) these 12 historic sites that are so important to the Daniel Haston Family. Download the 11 Page Document – Photos &Continue

June 25 2022

Haston Block Building – Spencer, TN

Haston Block House – Built 1908 in Spencer, TN By Landon Medley and Wayne HastonLandon and I were working together on this article when he passed away in 2021. -Wayne Haston The “Cyclone” In Spencer, TN that (Literally) Cleared the Way for the Haston Block Following a (3:00 a.m.) November 18, 1906 cyclone [tornado?] thatContinue

June 19 2022

1902 Sparta Expositor Supplement (60 pages)

1902 Sparta (TN) Expositor Supplement (60 pages) White County and Sparta, TN history and “What the town and county were like” 120 years ago. Be patient when downloading – it’s a LARGE document (668 KB). Download the Document If you appreciated this article, please share it with others who might also enjoy it. Facebook TwitterContinue

June 10 2022

Montgomery Greenville Haston Farm

Montgomery Greenville Haston Farm The Core of M.G. Haston’s 1858 Farm – Today a Tennessee Century Farm On November 3, 1858, Montgomery G. Haston (grandson of David Haston, Great Grandson of Daniel) bought four tracts of land (1,163 acres more or less) from Nathan Durham for $900.[i]Â The land was located around the current crossroadsContinue

June 4 2022

Three D.L. Hastons – 1848, 1852, & 1856

Three (+1) D.L. Hastons – Contemporaries in Van Buren Co, TN What were their parents thinking? David La-van’-der Haston You will see this “L” name spelled “Levander” & “Lavender” and etc., but I’m fairly confident it is was Lavander for all three men. In 1848, a baby born in the Haston Big Spring area ofContinue

June 3 2022

Haston – Dwight E.

Birth 1946 – Rank and Name of Veteran’s Service Rank and Branch of Military E-8 Air Force 1966-1978 Switched from Air Force to Department of the Army Civilian ( DAC)Retired GS15 Years of Service 1966-1978 Locations of Training, Deployment, and Service Amarillo, Texas Wartime Theaters of Assignment and Major Battles Army War College / FirstContinue

May 29 2022

Duncan – Robert O.

Robert Owen Duncan’s Service Born 1957 Rank and Branch of Military E-7 in the United States Air Force Years of Service 1975-2000 Locations of Training, Deployment, and Service Lackland, Chanute, Shaw, Kadena, Hill, Nellis Kunsan, Eielson, Ellsworth AFBâ€™s Relationship to the Daniel Haston Family Descendant of Daniel’s son, Isaac Haston/Hastings (Isaac, Hartwell, Lucy Hastings, DorothyContinue

May 29 2022

Haston – Horace H.

1925-2020 Sergeant Horace H. “Ace” Haston’s Service Rank and Branch of Military Sergeant and a Crew Chief in the United States Army Air Corps Years of Service 1943-1946 Locations of Training, Deployment, and Service Training at Mountain Home, Idaho Army Air Field, combat Crew Training Station (heavy); Aerial Gunner, Clark Field in the Philippines. WartimeContinue

May 28 2022

Major Bob Haston – Near-Death Post-War Ejection from a Cockpit

Major Bob Haston – Near-Death Post-War Ejection On an Airfield Tarmac in Lincoln, Nebraska Daniel Haston Family Roots Enlistment & the Silver Dollar Distinguished Flying Cross Mission #17 Tragedy Stalag Luft III POW Camp Near Deadly Postwar Ejection Early Post-War Life January of 1946 after their December 22, 1945 Marriage Robert Weldon Haston met andContinue

May 21 2022

Major Bob Haston – Stalag Luft III Prisoner of War

Major Bob Haston – Prisoner of War in Stalag Luft III Daniel Haston Family Roots Enlistment & the Silver Dollar Distinguished Flying Cross Mission #17 Tragedy Stalag Luft III POW Camp Near Deadly Postwar Ejection German POW Camp Stalag Luft III North Compound of German POW Camp – Stalag Luft III Stalag Luft III wasContinue

May 13 2022

Major Bob Haston – Disastrous Mission #17

Major Bob Haston – The Disaster of Mission #17 Shot Down, Severely Burned, 5 Crewmen Captured, 5 Killed Daniel Haston Family Roots Enlistment & the Silver Dollar Distinguished Flying Cross Mission #17 Tragedy Stalag Luft III POW Camp Near Deadly Postwar Ejection Lt. Bob Haston’s Crew (Bob is 3rd from the left end) – ProbablyContinue

May 12 2022

Major Bob Haston – The Distinguished Flying Cross

Major Bob Haston – The “Distinguished Flying Cross” Experience Daniel Haston Family Roots Enlistment & the Silver Dollar Distinguished Flying Cross Mission #17 Tragedy Stalag Luft III POW Camp Near Deadly Postwar Ejection What Did it Mean to “Catch Flak” in an Aerial Assault? German 88mm Flak Anti-Aircraft Gun The versatile 88mm cannon was Germanyâ€™sContinue

May 10 2022

Major Bob Haston – The Silver Dollar Story

Major Bob Haston, WW II Hero – The Silver Dollar Story Daniel Haston Family Roots Enlistment & the Silver Dollar Distinguished Flying Cross Mission #17 Tragedy Stalag Luft III POW Camp Near Deadly Postwar Ejection When the war started, he wanted to sign up immediately but his mother thought he was too young. She toldContinue

May 8 2022

Major Robert Weldon Haston, His WWII Stories

Stories of a World War II Haston Hero – His Haston Family Roots Lieutenant (later Major) Robert “Bob” Weldon Haston The following links will be activated, as his stories are posted throughout the “Memorial Month” of May. Daniel Haston Family Roots Enlistment & the Silver Dollar Distinguished Flying Cross Mission #17 Tragedy Stalag Luft IIIContinue

May 7 2022

Tour Stop # 3 – Daniel Haston Homesite

Daniel Haston Homesite – c. 1804 & On The Daniel Haston Farm Remained in the Haston Family for More than 150 Years 35Â°48’04.85″ N 85Â°26’38.00″ W The Site of the Daniel Haston Cabin-Home The current house is probably the location of the original Daniel Haston cabin-home The Haston Big Spring Branch The Haston Big SpringContinue

April 27 2022

Reunion – Charles Beason & Myrtle Wallace Haston Family

Charles Thomas & Elliot Selina Morgan Haston – Family Reunion The Hickory Valley Hastons Sunday – July 24, 2022 The day following the Daniel Haston Family Reunion Why the Picture of this Little Fire Department? You are probably asking yourself Due to the potential of Tennessee July HEAT, we have decided to move inside anContinue

April 25 2022

Isaac T. Haston, Sr. Family

Isaac T. (Sr.) & Elizabeth Sparkman Haston Family Isaac T. and Elizabeth Sparkman Haston Family Line Some of the Children of Isaac T. and Elizabeth Sparkman Haston Read About the Horrendus Death of Isaac T. Haston, Jr. Isaac T. Haston’s 1853/1854 Grant #11561 from TN for 215 Acres Isaac T. Haston’s survey says he purchasedContinue

April 25 2022

(I.T.) Haston Cemetery – Cummingsville, TN

Isaac T. & Elizabeth Sparkman Haston Family Cemetery Cummingsville of Van Buren County, Tennessee History of the Haston Cemetery Isaac T. Haston was the next-to-the-youngest son of David and Peggy Roddy Haston.Â Although he was a grandson of Daniel Haston, Isaac T. was born (March 28, 1827) about a year after his grandfather died soContinue

April 16 2022

Proud of My Country Roots – Wayne Haston

“I’m Proud of My Country Roots” Wayne Haston About 1951 – Left to right: My Dad (Boyd Haston), sister Marilyn, me (Wayne), cousin Mickey McWilliams, and of course – the mule. In the photo above, you are looking west toward the “Mitchell [or Dodson] Bridge” and Fraizer’s Chapel Methodist Church in a Caney Fork RiverContinue

April 9 2022

Ten Interest Centers – Daniel Haston Family Reunion

Lots to Share and Learn at the Daniel Haston FAMILY Reunion July 22-23, 2022 in White County, TN Since this page was first published, we have added three more Interest Centers: The Burritt College Museum in Spencer, TN – Bonnie Adcock, the Director of the museum will be present Saturday morning at our reunion. ManyContinue

March 22 2022

Tour Stop #2 – Big Fork Cemetery

Big Fork Cemetery One of the Oldest Church Cemeteries in or Near White Co, TN – 200+ Years Like so many old cemeteries, for years the Big Fork Cemetery was covered with broken tombstones, fallen trees, waist-high grass, shoulder-high bushes, active groundhog dens, and God-only-knows how many copperheads.Â After conducting an on-site study of theContinue

March 18 2022

Big Fork Baptist Church – Early White County, TN

Big Fork Baptist Church The Earliest Baptist Church in White County, TN The Big Fork Baptist Church was hidden from local historians for many years. Most people who visit the Big Fork Cemetery in what is now Cummingsville, TN have no idea that there was a church there in the early 1800s. Only a fewContinue

March 7 2022

Old Union Cemetery – White County, TN

Old Union Cemetery – 200+ Years of Burial One of the Oldest Church Cemeteries in White County & Surrounding Region Cemetery Decoration – Sunday, August 20, 2023 Beginning with Potluck Lunch The Old Union Cemetery is one of the oldest church cemeteries in White County, TN.Â No one knows for sure when the first burialContinue

March 5 2022

Tent Graves: A Middle TN Phenomenon

Comb (or Tent) Graves = “Born” in White County, TN? Visitors who are not familiar with White County, Van Buren County and some of their neighboring counties are often surprised when they pass an old cemetery and see a scene such as the one above.Â I grew up seeing lots of these kinds of gravesContinue

February 19 2022

Joe Diffie – Descendant of Our Daniel Haston

Joe Diffie – Grand Ole Opry Descendant of Daniel Haston Yes, his great-great-grandfather was my great grandfather David Montgomery Haston. His great grandfather was Jack Haston a nephew of my granddaddy. His grandmother and my mother were first cousins. I did know his grandmother. She helped me when I was doing our Haston tree. WeContinue

February 12 2022

Tour Stop #1 – Old Union Church

Old Union Cumberland Presbyterian Church Founded 1805? – Organized Officially 1811 Some sources say the Union Presbyterian Church was founded in 1805.Â We do know that Spence Mitchell, an early settler in southern White County, TN, deeded a plot of land for what was called the Union Meeting House on August 24, 1811.Â The churchContinue

January 29 2022

33 Key Sites & Experiences – 2023 Hiestand-Haston European Heritage Tour

Thirty-Three Key Sites & Experiences On the June 14-27 2023 European Hiestand/Haston Heritage Tour Contact Renee Cue for more information or answers to your questions: renee@reneecue.com Contact Renee Cue for more information or answers to your questions: renee@reneecue.com More Information about the June 14-27, 2023 Hiestand-Haston European Heritage Tour Share this with Hastons or relatedContinue

January 22 2022

Be Careful What You Hang on Your Tree

Be Careful What You Hang on Your Family Tree It May Haunt Your Family Forever! When I began researching my family history, I was totally at the mercy of other people who had researched the history of the Daniel Haston family before me.Â In most cases, their research records turned out to be extremely helpful.Â Continue

January 7 2022

Next Stage – Feature More of YOUR Family’s Stories

2022 (and beyond) – Featuring More of YOUR Families’ Stories We will continue to try to post a variety of stories related to our Daniel Haston family–more history, etc.Â But this year we want to begin to hear more of your stories.Â All branches of the Haston Family have stories that are worth sharing withContinue

January 3 2022

Marlin Shelton Haston

Marlin Shelton Haston, 1928-2022 Marlin Haston, 93, passed away on January 1, 2022. He was born September 5, 1928, Spencer (Van Buren County) of the late R.C. Haston Sr. and Etta (Smith) Haston. He is survived by his son, David (Laura) Haston of Dandridge; daughter, Jean Ann Hall of Hartsville, and daughter-in-law Brenda Haston ofContinue

December 25 2021

52 – Other Daughters of Daniel Haston?

52 – Daughter of Daniel Haston? One Yes, One Maybe, One No I am confident that Daniel Haston had two or three daughters (and/or maybe a son) that we have never been able to identify.Â But there is one for-sure daughter who has emerged out of more recent research.Â There’s another who may or mayContinue

December 18 2021

51 – Daniel Haston, Jr. Married into the Famous KY “Skaggs” Longhunters Family

51 – Daniel Haston, Jr. Married into the Famous KY Longhunters Skaggs Family Did you know that descendants of Daniel Haston, through his son Daniel, Jr., are related by marriage to two famous members of the Kentucky Skaggs family – Charles Skaggs (1760s Longhunter) and Ricky Skaggs (a country music Hall of Fame member). InContinue

December 11 2021

50 – Jeremiah Haston – Another Son of Daniel Goes to Missouri

50 – Jeremiah Haston, from Tennessee, to Illinois, to Dallas County, Missouri The three youngest sons of Daniel Haston settled in Missouri. Jesse and Jeremiah remained there for the rest of their lives, but Isaac moved on to California after about 20 years in the “Show Me” state. Dallas County, Missouri When a new countyContinue

December 4 2021

49 – Jeremiah Haston – A “Lost Son” of Daniel Haston Found by DNA

49 – Jeremiah Haston – Lost Son of Daniel Haston Found by DNA Sometimes you may see his name as Jeremiah MC Haston, but there is no existing evidence that I have found to prove that Daniel’s son Jeremiah had a middleÂ “MC” name, but his youngest son was definitely Jeremiah MC “Mac” Haston. DNAContinue

November 20 2021

47 – Jesse Haston – A Missouri Pioneer with His Three Wives and 21 Children!

47 – Jesse Haston, Missouri Pioneer With 3 Wives & 21 Children Part 1 – Until the Civil War Of Daniel Hastonâ€™s sons, Jesse was the most unique in several ways.Â He was the first son to move west of the Mississippi River.Â He was a slave owner.Â He became a wealthy man, by localContinue

November 16 2021

48 – Jesse Haston – His Family’s Civil War Years and Following

48 – Jesse Haston’s Family in the Civil War Years and After Some Selected Highlights Some of Daniel Haston’s grandsons and great grandsons joined the Union Army.Â Others, especially those who remained in Tennessee, chose to suit up in grey.Â None of the Tennessee Hastons I know of were slave owners.Â They were probably defendingContinue

November 13 2021

46 – Isaac Haston – Across the Plains in an Oxen-Drawn Wagon – Isaac’s California Years

46 – Isaac Haston – Across the Plains in an Oxen-Drawn Wagon The California Years Approximately 2,000 miles – Cave Spring, Missouri to Santa Rosa, California on the Oregon-California Trail At age 62, most men today are looking forward to retiring, drawing social security, playing golf or fishing, and enjoying their grandkids.Â Iâ€™m not sureContinue

November 12 2021

33 – The Rhine River Cruise

33 – The Beautiful and Relaxing Cruise Up the Rhine River On Monday, June 26, 2023, our Hiestand-Haston Heritage Tour will enjoy a relaxing cruise up a portion of the beautiful Middle Rhine River and see many of the same sights that Henrich Hiestand saw in 1727 when he was on his journey to America.Â Continue

November 11 2021

32 – Worms, Germany – Where Martin Luther Defended His Faith Before Emperor Charles V

32 – Worms, Germany – Where Martin Luther Was Tried On the afternoon of (Saturday) June 22, 2023, our Hiestand-Haston Heritage Tour group will arrive in the city of Worms (pronounced â€œVermzâ€), Germany – the place where Martin Luther stood before a formal deliberative assembly (“diet”) of leaders from the Holy Roman Empire, led byContinue

November 10 2021

31 – Mennonite Church in Ibersheim – Where Our Ancestors Worshipped

31 – Mennonite Church in the Village of Ibersheim, Germany Our Hiestands’ Church Home 350 Years Ago On Sunday, June 25, 2023, our Hiestand-Haston European Heritage Tour group will worship here, where our ancestors worshiped.Â Pastor Andreas Kohrn has invited us to join their congregation for the service and to enjoy their annual summer “BBQContinue

November 10 2021

30 – Our Ancestors’ Little German Village of Refuge – Ibersheim

30 – Our Ancestors’ Little German Village of Refuge – Ibersheim On Sunday, June 25, 2023, our Hiestand-Haston Heritage Tour group will visit this very special place.Â We have been invited to join the village’s Mennonite Church for their Sunday morning service, be their special guests for an after-church “Grillfest” (BBQ), then take a walkingContinue

November 6 2021

45 – Isaac and Agnes Simpson Haston – Missouri Years

45 – Isaac and Agnes Simpson Haston – Missouri Years Isaac Haston lived the Great American Dream. He left Tennessee landless and broke, moved to Missouri and became a prosperous landowner in just a few years. He deserved it – he fought bravely for our country at the Battle of New Orleans. At least fourContinue

October 30 2021

44 – Isaac and Agnes Simpson Haston – Tennessee Years

44 – Isaac Haston – Battle of New Orleans Hero & Much More Part 1 – His Tennessee Years Look at the battle map above.Â Where do you think the battle was the “hottest”?Â It’s quite obvious if you look at it carefully and think about it.Â That’s where Isaac Haston and some of hisContinue

October 27 2021

29 – Swiss Mennonite Cheese Factory

29 – Swiss Emmentaler Cheese Factory Saturday, June 24, 2023, our Hiestand-Haston Tour Group will visit the world-famous Cheese Factory in the Emmental region of Canton Bern, Switzerland.Â There are around 2000 groups of tourists, one-third of which are foreigners from around the world, visiting this cheese factory every year. Swiss cheese is a pieceContinue

October 26 2021

28 – Trachselwald Castle – Prison Where Anabaptists Suffered and Died

28 – Trachselwald Castle – Where Anabaptists Were Imprisoned Simply Because They Wanted to Practice New Testament Christianity A Story and Some Scenes that You May/Should Never Forget By Don and Joanne Hess Siegrist Used by permission of authors, Don & Joanne Hess Siegrist Before the Reformation, all of Switzerland was catholic. After the Reformation,Continue

October 23 2021

43 – John and Catherine HASTON Austin

42 – John and Catherine HASTON Austin History, especially genealogical history, is sexist!Â Â OK, I’m pretty much a traditional-minded person and don’t use the word “sexist” in an accusatory way very often.Â But I must say – genealogical history is sexist, and unfortunately so.Â Â One tradition I wish had caught on 700 years ago inContinue

October 16 2021

42 – Jacob and Lucinda Haston Mitchell

42 – Jacob and Lucinda Haston Mitchell Lucinda Haston – Daughter of Daniel Haston Jacob Mitchell was the son of Morris and Elizabeth Husong Mitchell (married 1781) who came to Tennessee from Washington County of western Pennsylvania.Â Morris was a Revolutionary War veteran and a Methodist preacher.Â Â Â May 1, 1784 â€“ The MorrisContinue

October 15 2021

Landon Medley Obituary

Landon Medley October 6, 1949 – September 25, 2021 Whether you knew him personally or not, Landon Medley was a friend to all of us who are interested in researching and studying the history of our Daniel Haston family.Â Landon lived near the Daniel Haston family place and was steeped in a knowledge of localContinue

October 14 2021

26 – The TÃ¤uferversteck – Hiding Place for Anabaptists

25 – The TÃ¤uferversteck – “Anabaptist Hiding Place” Anabaptist hunters were employed in the 18th century.Â In 1734 two Anabaptist hunters were out and about to catch Christian Siegenthaler in the lower HÃ¤lig, WÃ¼thrich zu HÃ¤user, Hans Gerber, called “Stadler”, and David Baumgartner.Â The Anabaptist yegi were disturbed by the fact that the persecuted “were warned withContinue

October 8 2021

41 – Joseph Haston – Son of Daniel Haston

Joseph Haston – 2nd Son of Daniel Joseph and David were probably the only two sons of Daniel who were born in Virginia.Â If we correctly understand the time of Danielâ€™s departure from Virginia, Joseph would have been three and a half years old when the family moved south.Â So itâ€™s likely that he hadContinue

October 6 2021

25 – Swiss Home of Albert Einstein

25 – The Home of Albert Einstein in Bern, Switzerland On Friday, June 23, 2023, our Hiestand-Haston Tour group will visit the home where Einstein discovered the theory of relativity. Albert Einstein lived in Bern from 1903 to 1905 and developed his Theory of Relativity here. The Einstein House gives visitors a chance to seeContinue

October 2 2021

40 – Herbert Clinton Haston – Grandson of Montgomery Greenville Haston

Herbert Clinton Haston, Grandson of Montgomery G. Haston From Notebook of Mrs. Dave Rhea (Estelle) Haston The 1880 census record for D.L. (David Levander) and Virginia Riddles Haston A three-year-old boy, by the name of Herbert C. Hemphill, appears “In family” on the 1880 census record of David L. and Virginia Haston. For decades, manyContinue

September 29 2021

24 – The City of Bern, Switzerland and the Famous Clock Tower

24 – The World Famous Zytglogge (Clock Tower) in Bern On Friday, June 23, 2023, our Hiestand-Haston Heritage tour group will watch the famous clock tower turn to a new hour. Built in the early 13th century as a gate tower for the city’s western fortifications, Zytglogge has served over the years as a guardContinue

September 22 2021

39 – Montgomery G. Haston – His Civic Service and Civil War Experience

39 – M. G. Haston – His Civic Service and Civil War Experience Montgomery Greenville Haston is one of my most respected early Haston heroes!Â I want to tell you why. Montgomery Greenville (M.G. or â€œGumâ€) Haston lived a relatively short life even for his era, only about 45 (or 46) years.Â When he wasContinue

September 19 2021

23 – Jakob Markt – We’ll Stop and Shop Where the Swiss Shop

23 – Jakob Markt – We’ll Stop & Shop Where Locals Shop One of the favorite shopping places for locals and tourists is the Jacob Markt.Â Here is the best place to buy Swiss lace curtains, Swiss-style clothes, and delicious Swiss chocolate bars.Â While the women shop (maybe some of us men too!) others canContinue

September 19 2021

27 – Swiss Alphorns and Yodeling

27 – Swiss Alpine Music: Alphorns and Yodeling Two of the most famous features of historic Swiss culture are the Alphorns and yodeling.Â Our June 2023 Hiestand-Haston Heritage tour group will enjoy a bit of both types of Alpine Music. The Swiss Alphorns Enjoy this brief video example of Swiss Alphorn music. https://youtu.be/K_qp26NHyTg With theContinue

September 11 2021

38 – Mystery of the Father of Montgomery Greenville Haston

38 – Mystery of the Father of Montgomery Greenville Haston Based on the evidence cited previously, I think we can confidently assume Polly Haston was the mother of M.G. Haston, the child who was born out of wedlock on October 16, 1823, or 1824.Â But who was the birth-father of M.G. Haston? Due to theContinue

September 11 2021

37 – Mystery of the Mother of Montgomery Greenville Haston

37 – Mystery of the Mother of Montgomery Greenville Haston As far as we can tell, the parents of Montgomery Greenville Haston–and how he fit into the Daniel Haston family–were unknown for well over 100 years!Â Even the most diligent Daniel Haston family researchers were stumped! Montgomery Greenville [not Greenfield, as some have asserted] (M.G.Continue

September 4 2021

36 – David Haston – A Founding Leader in Van Buren County, TN

36 – David Haston – A Founding Leader of Van Buren County, TN David Haston spent much of his time in the final 20 years of his life helping to establish Van Buren County. Haston Family – Early Influences in Van Buren County, TN Several of Daniel Haston’s children and grandchildren had already left TennesseeContinue

August 29 2021

22 – Oldest Mennonite Church in the World – Langnau, Switzerland

22 – World’s Oldest Mennonite Church – Langnau, Switzerland On Thursday, June 22, 2023, members of the Hiestand-Haston Heritage Tour group will see the oldest continuously active Mennonite Church in the world. Langnau has a history of Anabaptism going all the way back to March 1525. Today, Langnau has the oldest Mennonite church in theContinue

August 28 2021

35 – David Haston, Popular Civic Leader in Early White County, TN

35 – David Haston – White County, Tennessee Pioneer, Part 2 David Haston, Esq. (Justice of the Peace) How did simple farmers and businessmen – many of whom had very little formal education – understand Tennessee (and county) laws enough to serve as county court judges? They were guided by a book like the oneContinue

August 26 2021

21 – The Swiss Cowbells Factory

21 – The Swiss Cowbells Factory On Thursday, June 27, 2023 our Hiestand-Haston Historic Tour group will stop at the famous Swiss Cowbells Factory. Did you know…? Bells are protection, happiness, and a sign of peace. This is because in times of war the Swiss bells were taken from the churches and from the pastureContinue

August 25 2021

19 – Piz Gloria 360Â° Rotating Restaurant 9,744′ Altitude

19 – Breakfast in the Rotating Restaurant at 9,744′ in the Alps On the morning of June 22, 2023, our Hiestand-Haston Heritage Tour group will eat breakfast in the Piz Gloria revolving restaurant in the village of Murren on top of the Schilthorne summit. BEVERAGESCoffee / Tea, cold and warm milk (lactose-free and soy milkContinue

August 20 2021

34 – David Haston (Daniel’s Son) in White County, TN

34 – David Haston, White County, Tennessee Pioneer, Part 1 Isaac T. Haston Family Home – Grandson of Daniel Via. David The “David Haston” Bible Record Any family with an existing copy of a family Bible record from the early 1800s is fortunate, especially if it is as complete and apparently accurate as the â€œDavidContinue

August 13 2021

20 – World Famous Kambly Cookie Factory

20 – World-Famous Kambly Swiss Cookie Factory On June 22, 2023, the Hiestand-Haston Tour group will stop at this world-famous cookie factory and sample (FREE!) dozens of cookies.Â But I can pretty much assure you that you will buy some too!Â We will also eat lunch there. Oscar Kambly started his company in 1910 withContinue

August 12 2021

18 – Cable Car to the Car-less Village of MÃ¼rren in the Swiss Alps

18 – Cable Car Ride to & Evening in the Alps Village of MÃ¼rren On June 22, 2023, our Hiestand-Haston Heritage Tour group will take a scenic cable car ride up to the mountain village of MÃ¼rren.And we will spend the night there! MÃ¼rren is a traditional Walser (inhabitants in the Alps) mountain village inContinue

August 8 2021

33 – Daniel Haston’s Final Years

33 – Daniel Haston’s Final Years Daniel Haston lived his final years on his 150 acres farm in what we now know as the Cummingsville community of northern Van Buren County–southern White County until 1840.Â There are a few things that we KNOW about his final few years there and a few more things weContinue

August 5 2021

32 – Daniel Haston – Petitioner to Create White County, TN

32 – Daniel Haston, A Founding Petitioner for White County, TN The first record we have of Daniel Haston in (what became)Â White County, as well as some of his family members and friends, is the petition to create White County on July 22, 1806.[i]Â Four of the 155 names on the petition were Isam Bradley,Continue

July 31 2021

31 – Daniel Haston and the White County, TN “Big Spring” Settlers

31 – Daniel Haston & Other White County, TN Big Spring Settlers The area south of the Caney Fork River near the mouth of Cane Creek was a prominent settlement in the early 1800s.Â It was part of White County, Tennessee prior to its inclusion into newly formed Van Buren County in 1840.Â Â The abundance ofContinue

July 28 2021

17 – Ballenberg Open-Air Museum

17 – Ballenberg Open-Air Museum On Wednesday, July 21, 2023, our Hiestand-Haston heritage tour group will visit the Ballenberg Open-Air Museum. https://youtu.be/d1COwvzKYlM Ballenberg is an open-air museum in Switzerland that displays traditional buildings and architecture from all over the country. Located near Brienz in the municipality of Hofstetten bei Brienz, Canton of Bern, Ballenberg hasContinue

July 28 2021

16 – Lucerne and the Wooden Chapel Bridge

16 – Wooden Chapel Bridge in Lucerne, Switzerland And Shopping in this Beautiful City! In the afternoon of June 20, 2023, our Hiestand-Haston heritage tour group will visit the Swiss city of Lucerne.Â Not only will we see and stroll across this historic bridge, but there will also be time for shopping in Lucerne. TheÂ KapellbrÃ¼ckeÂ (literally,Continue

July 22 2021

– June 14-27, 2023 – Hiestand/Haston European Heritage Tour – Terms and Conditions

2023 Hiestand-Haston Europe Tour Price and Other Details June 14-27, 2023 – Switzerland and Rhineland Germany Download a Printable Copy of the Itinerary and Form More Information about the June 14-27, 2023 Hiestand-Haston European Heritage Tour Share this with Hastons or related family members who might be interested in the June 14-27, 2023 Hiestand-Haston EuropeanContinue

July 21 2021

30 – Daniel Haston Family Moves Across the Cumberland Plateau

30 – Our Hastons Moved West of the Cumberland Mountain Through the Tellico Treaties of October 25 and 27, 1805, Cherokee chiefs ceded to the United States a large area of Middle Tennessee.Â On April 24, 1806, the October 1805 treaties were officially proclaimed by the President of the United States. Â Much of Middle Tennessee,Continue

July 21 2021

14 – Were Our Ancient Swiss Hiestands Spiritist-Pagans?

14 – Were our Ancient Swiss Hiestands Spiritist-Pagans? Although I canâ€™t say for sure, it is probable, that our Medieval ancestors were pagans who lived in a high-mountain area of what is now the northern edge of Canton Zug, Switzerland.Â Our June 2023 Hiestand-Haston tour group will visit this area. The (Swiss) hills were aliveContinue

July 18 2021

July 22-23, 2022 Daniel Haston Family Heritage Days

Gathering for All Haston Families – July 22-23, 2022 The First ALL Daniel Haston Family Get-Together in 200+ Years! The Schedule Important: Keep in mind that we will be on Central Time, so adjust your watches & thinking. Friday Evening, July 22, 2022 (6:00-8:30 pm CENTRAL Time) Fun & informal get-acquainted activities, with “potluck desserts,”Continue

July 18 2021

15 – The “Black Madonna” in the Einsiedeln Monastery

15 – Einsiedeln Abbey, Home of the Swiss “Black Madonna” Tuesday, June 20, 2023, our Hiestand-Haston tour group will visit the largest church in Switzerland–the famous Einsiedeln Abbey. 150,000 to 200,000 Roman Catholic pilgrims visit each year Black Madonna of Einsiedeln The abbey is dedicated to Our Lady of the Hermits, the title being derivedContinue

July 17 2021

July 26, 2024 – Tour of Daniel Haston Family Historic Sites

2024 Daniel Haston Family Historic Sites Tour Friday Morning, Load the Bus at 9:00 a.m., July 26, 2024 At Hickory Valley Baptist Church We will be touring in three 40-passenger air-conditioned and handicap accessible buses, with on-board PA systems. Download Print Version To see the highlighted route on a printed copy, print in color orContinue

July 17 2021

Some Lodging Options and Recreation Sites

Some Lodging Options and Recreational Sites For the July 22-23, 2022 Heritage of Daniel Haston Days Week Lodging and Recreation Reservations for lodging at these recreational sites tend to fill up EARLY, plan well ahead if possible. Fall Creek Falls State Park Fall Creek Falls State Park is one of Tennesseeâ€™s largest and most visitedContinue

July 17 2021

29 – Resolving the “McComisky Mystery” in the Daniel Haston Family

29 – Resolving the “McComisky Mystery” in the Haston Family A common piece of erroneous family lore has circulated among Daniel Haston family members for many years–the assumption that Daniel’s son, David, was named “David McComisky Haston.”Â You don’t have to look at many Haston family trees on Ancestry.com or other genealogy internet sites toContinue

July 13 2021

13 – Village of Hirzel, Home of Two Famous People

13 – Village of Hirzel, Switzerland – Home of Two Famous People Our June 2023 Hiestand-Haston tour group will visit the little mountain village of Hirzel, Switzerland on Monday, June 19. The village of Hirzel, just a few miles on the mountainside southwest of Richterswil is famous for its beauty, as well as the homesContinue

July 10 2021

28 – David and Peggy Haston on Grassy Creek in Knox County, TN

28 – David Haston – Distinguishes Himself as a Young Adult Adjacent to a 2020 $45 Million Development Project At age 25, David Haston became the owner of 111 acres in Knox County, TN.Â Apparently, owning land was not something his father (Daniel) achieved until his mid-50s.Â In 2020, a $45 million project was developedContinue

July 7 2021

12 – The Richterswil Museum (Canton Zurich, Switzerland)

The Richterswil Museum (Ortsmuseum Richterswil) The Richterswil local museum deepens the understanding of regional history and promotes cultural life in the community. The main points of their work are: Management and expansion of the historical collection that is housed in the Haus zum Bären. The organization of exhibitions showing part of the local history. TheContinue

July 4 2021

27 – David Haston Marries 14-Year-Old Girl

27 – David Haston Married 14 Year Old “Peggy” Roddy Yeah, I just created the title for the dramatic effect, but it was true. OnÂ May 5, 1800Â (one day short of David Haston’s 23rd birthday) he was issued a marriage bond to marryÂ Margaret “Peggy” RoddyÂ in Knox County, Tennessee. Perhaps his bride was his 23rd birthday giftContinue

July 1 2021

Haston Family History Overview

The Daniel Haston Family: A Historical Overview The Story of the Daniel Hiestand/Haston Family From the Mountains of Switzerland to the Rhineland of Germany to all across America The Story of Daniel Haston’s SWISS Ancestors, His Life, and All of His Known Children in 50+ Segments If you appreciated this article, please share it withContinue

June 16 2021

11 – Boat Cruise Around Lake ZÃ¼rich

11 – Boat Cruise Around Lake ZÃ¼rich On Sunday afternoon, June 18, 2023 we enjoy a delightful cruise around Lake ZÃ¼rich, seeing the towns along the shores and the Alps in the distance.Â Â https://youtu.be/oA3vPJ_9s1U More Information about the June 14-27, 2023 Hiestand-Haston European Heritage Tour Share this with Hastons or related family members who mightContinue

June 16 2021

26 – Daniel Haston’s Many Experiences in the Knox County, TN Courtroom

26 – Daniel Haston’s Many Experiences in the Courtroom While Living in Knox County, TN When Daniel was a young man back in Shenandoah County, VA, he was conspicuously absent from court appearances of any kind, although his brothers were there often as witnesses, involved in court cases, or even sometimes as attorneys. Daniel, asContinue

June 16 2021

10 – The Richterswil Wilderness Trust

10 – The Wilderness Trust in Richterswil That the Hiestands Have Been Members of for Many Centuries On Sunday morning, June 18, 2023 we will worship – like our Anabaptist ancestors worshiped – in a Swiss forest on the hillside behind the town or Richterswil.Â They met in secret there because they could be imprisonedContinue

June 15 2021

25 – Another Haston Boy in Trouble – Joseph and the Broken-Down Fence

25 – Another of Daniel Haston’s Boys in Trouble Joseph and the Broken-Down Fence Let’s start with a couple of definitions, for those of you who may not know what “Timothy” is or a “close,” because this story is all about a “timothy close,” some hogs, and a son who was just following his father’sContinue

June 15 2021

09 – The Old WÃ¤denswil Castle in Richterswil, Canton Zurich of Switzerland

9 – The 13th-16th Century WÃ¤denswil Castle Above Richterswil Alt-WÃ¤denswil Castle, the residence of the barons von WÃ¤denswil, was inaugurated in the 13th century. The castle had to be demolished in 1557 according to a decision of the Diet, as Schwyz felt threatened by the expansion of the city-state of Zurich.Â Our Hiestand Ancestors WereContinue

June 12 2021

24 – Daniel’s Son David Haston Cut Tails Off a Neighbor’s Cows

24 – David Haston Cut Tails Off a Neighbor’s Horned Cows Some of us Haston boys have been known for mischief.Â Just ask people who knew us while we were growing up.Â For example, out of a class of 212, the principal’s daughter I were voted “Most Mischievous” in my senior year of high school.Â Continue

June 8 2021

08 – The Amazing Richterswil Fountain

08 – The Amazing Richterswil Jet Fountain Weather permitting and etc., we will watch the world famous Richterswil Jet Fountain “spout” on Sunday, June 25, 2023. The Richterswil FONTÃ„NE, with its height of 101 meters (331 feet), takes eighth place among the top ten, but it is the highest fountain in the world that isContinue

June 8 2021

Understanding Your DNA Results – Darvin Martin Zoom Meeting

Understanding Your DNA Results Darvin Martin in Our June 7, 2021 Zoom Meeting https://youtu.be/gplW6ERb2gg Darvin Martin – an expert in Swiss-German Mennonite genetic (DNA) genealogy.Â Darvin presents a basic understanding of DNA as it relates to family research.Â But there is lots of time for questions and answers. If you appreciated this article, please shareContinue

June 5 2021

23 – Daniel Haston Family – South of Holston River, Opposite Knoxville, TN

23 – Daniel Haston Family, South of the “Holston” River Opposite Knoxville, TN Daniel and family lived in the Knoxville, TN area for about 10 years. There is a lot of information available about his family during that time, so Chapter 14 in the BIG book I’m working on contains 70+ pages. I’ll extract someContinue

May 29 2021

22- Two of Daniel Haston’s Siblings in South Central KY

Two of Daniel Haston’s Siblings in South Central, KY The Mill Creek Meeting House Near Tompkinsville, KY. Built in 1804. Abraham Hiestand’s (Hestand’s) Path Ends in South Central KY John Mulkey and his brother Philip Mulkey, sons of Rev. Jonathan Mulkey, were members of the Big Pigeon Baptist Church near what is now Newport, TennesseeContinue

May 22 2021

21 – Daniel Haston Votes in Favor of the State of Franklin

21 – Daniel Haston Voted in Favor of the State of Franklin So, our Daniel was a “Franklinite” The yellow county – Washington County – is where Abraham Hiestand lived for a few years. Although there is no (to my knowledge) evidence for Daniel Haston’s specific whereabouts in the county, apparently he also lived thereContinue

May 18 2021

07 – Richterswil – Our Swiss “Hometown”

07 – Richterswil, the “Village” of Our Swiss Hiestands Although our Hiestand ancestors lived in other villages around Lake ZÃ¼rich, we can probably think of Richterswil as our Swiss hometown.Â For that reason, we will be spending four nights in Richterswil, where – in our free times – we can walk the streets that ourContinue

May 18 2021

05 – ZÃ¼rich – Walking Tour of the City

05 – ZÃ¼rich – A Walking Tour of the City On the afternoon of Saturday, June 17, 2023, we will tour the city of Zurich, the largest city in Switzerland.Â It’s one of the most important financial centers in the world.Â Situated on the north shore of Lake Zurich and spanning the Limmat River, itContinue

May 15 2021

20 – Abraham and Daniel Hiestand in the “Overmountain” Wilderness of NC

20 – Abraham and Daniel in the “Overmountain” of NC For approximately 10 to 15 years, Henry Hiestand’s “boys”–Daniel and his older brother Abraham–lived in the “Overmountain” region of Western North Carolina.Â Well, that’s not totally accurate because that area became part of the 16th state of the USA, Tennessee (1796), while they were livingContinue

May 11 2021

06 – Limmat River – Where Felix Manz Was Martyred

06 – The Drowning Martyrdom of Anabaptist, Felix Manz On Saturday June 17, 2023 we will visit the site on the Limmat River in Zurich City where one of the first Anabaptist leaders, Felix Manz, was executed by drowning solely because of his Anabaptist faith. The people of Zurich crowded along both sides of theContinue

May 8 2021

19 – The Hiestand Brothers – Abraham and Daniel – Settle in Western North Carolina

19 – Abraham and Daniel Hiestand Settle in the “Carolinas” Headed for “the Carolinas” When the earliest post-Revolution settlers left their homes in places like Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia and said, â€œWeâ€™re going to the Carolinas,â€ that did not necessarily mean they were going to the area enclosed in the current boundaries of North andContinue

May 2 2021

04 – The Anabaptist Cave – TÃ¤uferhÃ¶hle, Where Anabaptists Worshipped in Secret

04 – TÃ¤uferhÃ¶hle (Anabaptist Cave) – Secret Place for Worship – Saturday, June 17, 2023, we will walk up the hill to see where Swiss Brethren (Anabaptists/Mennonites) met to worship in secret. – The German wordÂ TÃ¤ufer = “Baptist” in English, not Baptist as a denomination but Baptist as “one who baptizes.”Â In Switzerland, beginning inContinue

May 1 2021

18 – The Mysterious Daniel MG Hastings “Mortality List” Card

18 – The Mysterious Daniel MG. Hastings Mortality List Card The “1830 Revolutionary War Mortality Listing” Card In the early 1970s, Dwight Haston discovered the little card that you see pictured above. He found it in a research library in Arkansas. At that time, there was several members of the Daniel Haston family who wereContinue

April 30 2021

Submit Name and USPS Address for Occasional Snail-Mailings

Building a USPS (Snail Mail) List for Occasional Mailings Related to the History and Heritage of Daniel Haston & Haston Family Events If your current surname (or the surname of a friend or relative who is related to the pioneer Daniel Haston family) is not spelled “Haston” or “Hastain” (example, you go by a marriedContinue

April 28 2021

DNA – Explained by Scientist and Genealogist Darvin Martin

DNA – An Introduction by Darvin Martin, Scientist & Genealogist View the June 7, 2021 Zoom Session with the Daniel Haston Family Association View Another Video: Darvin Martin Teaching the Basics of DNA Summary of the Q&A in the Video What are the main tests you can take to learn information about your background? ThereContinue

April 24 2021

17b – Thomas Archer – the Eccentric Man from Guilford County, NC Who Ended Up with Warrant #2344

Thomas Archer – an Eccentric Man from Guilford County, NC Who Ended Up With 640 Acres from Military Bounty Land Warrant #2344 This is #3 in a sequence of 3 articles.Â You should read the first two articles before reading this one. 1. “Daniel Haston” Rev War Land Grant 2. The “Guilford County Four” &Continue

April 24 2021

17a – The “Guilford County Four” and Rev War Land Grant Proceedings at Fairfield Plantation

17a – The “Guilford County Four” And the Epicenter of 1785 Land Fraud – James Glasgow’s “Fairfield” Plantation This is #2 in a sequence of 3 articles.Â You should read the first article before reading this one. 1. “Daniel Haston” Rev War Land Grant 3. Thomas Archer – the Man Who Ended Up with theContinue

April 24 2021

17 – The “Daniel Haston” Revolutionary War Land Grant

The “Daniel Haston” Rev War Land Grant Legal or Fraudulent? 640 acres in Houston County, TN (west of Nashville) were granted to Thomas Archer, based on Revolutionary War Land Grant #2344. The right to the land was originally issued to a “Daniel Haston.” But was the name Daniel Haston just used by NC Secretary ofContinue

April 21 2021

03 – Hiestand Bakery in Zurich, Switzerland

03 – Hiestand Bakery Bistro and Shop in Zurich, Switzerland View the Menu Options Alfred (Fredy) Hiestand comes from Hiestand family, which is the honorable bakery brand in Europe. He brought advanced production machinery and equipment, technology, management team and his product concept. In the year 1967, Alfred Hiestand established his first bakery in aContinue

April 20 2021

02 – Rhine Falls, Near Schaffhausen, in Northern Switzerland

02 – Rhine Falls at Schaffhausen, Switzerland https://youtu.be/IWVG_ctdGWY The Rhine Falls in SwitzerlandÂ is the most powerful waterfall in all of Europe.Â You will see, not only the Rhine Falls in Switzerland, but the awesome landscape and villages that surround the Rhine River. The Rhine River Falls is on a stretch of the Rhine RiverContinue

April 20 2021

01 – Black Forest of Germany

01 – The Black Forest of Southwest Germany – First Evening Stop on Our Hiestand-Haston Family Heritage Tour to Switzerland and the Rhineland of Germany – The Black Forest is Known for its Awesome Beauty Our first evening will be spent in the Black Forest, along our way from Frankfort Germany to Zurich, Switzerland.Â TheÂ BlackContinue

April 17 2021

Clarence E. Haston, Jr.

“Bud” (Clarence E.) Haston, Jr. Awarded the Gold Star Honor In WWII – An Honor Nobody Wants to Win – Thanks to Chuck Haston of McMinnville, TN for sharing this information with us. Chuck’s father (Judge Charles D. Haston) is Bud Haston’s kid brother. “Bud” Haston (Clarence Eugene Haston, Jr.) grew up in McMinnville ofContinue

April 17 2021

16 – Daniel Haston and the DAR and SAR

16 – Can I Get Into the DAR or SAR through Daniel Haston? The centennial of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1876 renewed a fervor to honor our countryâ€™s Revolutionary War patriots. In the year of that centennial, the Society of Cincinnati (Ohio) launched The Sons of the Revolution and a groupContinue

April 10 2021

15 – Henry Hiestand’s Estate Settled and the Family Splits

15 – Henry Hiestand’s Estate Settled and the Family Parts Ways Daniel’s Mother & Father Die in 1777 and 1779 Peter Hiessandt, Sr.’s, (older brother of Daniel) Bible record was written in the old German script, but transcribed later by descendants.Â Peter recorded some very helpful information about his mother and father: Year 1777 theContinue

April 9 2021

00 – June 14-27, 2023 Hiestand-Haston Tour to Switzerland and Germany

Hiestand-Haston Family Heritage Tour June 14-27, 2023 – Switzerland & Rhineland of Germany Photo above: The “village” of Richterswil in Canton ZÃ¼rich, Switzerland – where our Hiestand-Haston ancestors lived centuries ago. Download the Questions and Answers Document A Tour with Double-Value Scenic Value The “scenic value” of this tour alone will be worth the priceContinue

April 6 2021

Ruth Haston Norwood

Ruth Haston Norwood May 15, 1929 – April 3, 2021 A Daniel Haston History Hall of Famer Daniel was my gggg grandfather. David my ggg, Isaac [Isaac T.] my gg, Wm Carroll (not David’s son) my g grandfather, Wm Isaac my grandfather. Ruth Haston Norwood (January 19, 2001) When I (Wayne Haston) began researching theContinue

April 3 2021

14 – Daniel & Christina Nave Haston – Newlyweds in Fort Valley

14 – Daniel and Christina Nave Hiestand/Haston Newlyweds in Fort Valley, VA Daniel and Christina lived on Passage Creek for the first ten years or so of their marriage. Their little kids (three whose names are unknown, but David and Joseph Haston for sure) would have played in this creek at or near this veryContinue

March 27 2021

13 – Daniel Hiestand Married Christina Nave

13 – Our Daniel Hiestand Married Christina Nave In Shenandoah County, Virginia View Larger Version of this Image I think we can safely say it’s fact that our Daniel Hiestand/Haston married Christina Nave on September 28, 1773, or at least was issued a marriage bond on that date. But two questions remain unanswered: Who wasContinue

March 20 2021

12 – Hiestand Land in “The Fort” – Powell’s Fort Valley, VA

12 – Hiestand Land in “The Fort” – Fort Valley, Virginia Seven Bends of North Shenandoah River, near Woodstock, VA with Fort Valley in the Massanutten Mountain behind (east of) the river. Photo Above – Looking Southeast Foreground = Seven bends of North Fork Shenandoah River (near Woodstock, VA) on the west side of MassanuttenContinue

March 16 2021

William A. Haston – Mexican War Hero

One of the Most Heroic Units in the Mexican War I have no photo of him. I have no details of his specific activities during his year of service in the Mexican War. He was only a private. He was only a volunteer, not a member of the Regular Army. He only served 12 months. ButContinue

March 13 2021

11 – The Henry Hiestand Family in Virginia

11 – The Henry Hiestand Family in Virginia When Henry Hiestand and his wife (name unknown) moved their family to Virginia, they probably already had four or five children who had been born back in Lancaster County, PA–Barbara (c. 1734), Jacob (c. 1736), Peter (c. 1738), and maybe Abraham (c. 1840).Â Ann was born OctoberContinue

March 6 2021

10 – Indian Troubles in the Shenandoah Valley, VA

10 – Indian Attacks Around Our Hiestands in Pennsylvania and Virginia Memorial for Rev. John Roads – Mennonist & wife and six children massacred here by Indians, August 1764 As a kid, cowboys and Indians was just a fun game we played.Â And the battles between Indians and American pioneers was just something we enjoyedContinue

March 4 2021

Surname Spellings in Daniel Haston Family

One Family – Many H-Surname Spellings Colonel Howard H. Hasting, Sr.Â – a 1950s–early 1980s Haston family researcher – opened his research report on the family of Daniel Haston with this question: What is the name of this family?Â He then proceeded to reference several different ways our H-surname has been spelled in official records.Â IContinue

February 27 2021

09 – Our Ancestor Moves to the Shenandoah Valley, VA

Hiestands Move to the Shenandoah Valley in Northern Virginia From a “Hiestand field” on the South Fork of the Shenandoah River Our Daniel Hiestand/Haston was probably born a quarter mile or less down river from this spot. He grew up here and no doubt learned to swim and fish in this river–the South Fork ofContinue

February 20 2021

08 – Henry Hiestand Settles on Penn Family Land

08 – Henry Hiestand Settled on Land Acquired from William Penn’s Sons Outline of the 226 acre tract Henry Hiestand settled on and had surveyed in Lancaster County, PA. And who were Henry Hiestands parents? Exactly where did he live in Lancaster County, PA? Why did he owe so much money to Caspar Wistar?Â WhoContinue

February 13 2021

07 – Our Hiestands Begin Life in America

07 – Henry Hiestand – His Earliest Years in America William Penn’s first visit to his American colony in 1682 paved the way for our Henrich Hiestand to settle there 45 years later. Image Source: https://owlcation.com/ For Americans, an “immigrant ancestor” is an ancestor who emigrated from some other country, to come to and settleContinue

February 11 2021

Caney Fork of the Cumberland

Caney Fork of the Cumberland (The Book) Daniel Haston settled on the south side of the Caney Fork River in what was then White County, TN.Â The river holds lots of memories for those of us who grew up near there.Â I certainly have enough personal stories to occupy you for a few hours andContinue

February 7 2021

06 – The Journey from Ibersheim to America

06 – The Journey from Ibersheim to America Source: http://olivetreegenealogy.blogspot.com/ In early 1727, Henrich Hiestand probably boarded a barge in Worms, much like the one above, saying a “forever” goodbye to his Ibersheim family. Of the Mennonites who emigrated from the Rhine lands, â€œonly a small proportionâ€”roughly 10 percentâ€”journeyed overseas.Â The vast majority relocated inContinue

February 1 2021

05a – Our Hiestands (Heystandts) – Refugees on the North Sea

05a – Our Hiestands (Heystandts) – Refugees in Friedrichstadt on the North Sea “Heystandt” was the way the Hollander-Dutch spelled our Hiestand name. The Nine Years War or the War of the Grand Alliance In 1689 Ibersheim and the entire Palatinate again became a hot war zone. Â Five years after hereditary tenant rights were grantedContinue

January 31 2021

05 – Where Henrich Hiestand Was Born – Ibersheim, Germany

05 – Ibersheim, Germany German Home-Village of Our Hiestands https://www.akpool.de/ The village of Ibersheim (pronounced, Ibers-heim [“ib” as in “crib”]) is situated on what historically was an unprotected floodplain on the left bank (west side of) the Rhine River, just below (north of) a sharp northeastward bend in the river, about six miles (12 km)Continue

January 24 2021

04 – Swiss Anabaptists Flee to the Germany

04 – Our Swiss Ancestors Flee to Germany (Source: artuk.org) The Thirty Years War (1618-1648) Paves the Way for Swiss Anabaptists to Find New Homes Almost as soon as the Swiss Brethren (Anabaptists/Mennonites) began to teach and practice the Biblical principles they were learning from studying the New Testament (1525 A.D. and following), they encounteredContinue

January 20 2021

01-19-2021 Our Swiss Roots with Ross Baughman

Our Hiestand (Canton Zurich) Swiss Roots Video of the January 19, 2021 “Swiss Roots of the Hiestand/Haston Family” Zoom discussion with J. Ross Baughman as the expert guest. The full two hours of the meeting, focusing on the area south of the Zurich Sea where our Hiestand ancestors came from, with information on their participationContinue

January 14 2021

03 – Our Mennonite Roots

03 – What Do You Know About Our Mennonite Roots? Image from Christianity.com Rev. Samuel Hiestand’s parents, grandparents, and several generations before were all Mennonites. “Samuel Hiestand” – Wikipedia This Samuel Hiestand was our Daniel Haston’s nephew, son of Daniel’s oldest brother Jacob. Huldrych (Ulrich) Zwingli You know about Martin Luther and the Protestant ReformationContinue

January 10 2021

02 – Hastons Rooted in Switzerland

02 – Our Haston Roots are in Switzerland For many years, even the most diligent researchers in the extended Daniel Haston family would hit the so-called genealogical â€œbrick wallâ€ with appearances of Daniel in western North Carolina, prior to the formation of the state of Tennessee.Â They could establish their family connections back to Daniel,Continue

January 3 2021

01 – In Search of Our European Roots

01 – In Search of Our European Roots It looks like a hopeless task to trace back the family of Daniel, but letâ€™s keep stumbling in the dark until we find something. Col. Howard H. Hasting, Sr. (1979) The desire of Daniel Hastonâ€™s descendants to know our European ethnicity did not begin with the genealogicalContinue

December 27 2020

Book Project – Heritage of Daniel Haston

Book Progress Update – December 2020 The work on this book actually began in the fall of 1999, when I started interacting with other people who were researching our Haston family history, visiting libraries, reading books, organizing a filing system, and developing www.DanielHaston.com. When I officially retired in 2017, the writing began.Â I estimated thatContinue

December 25 2020

Discovering Your Family History

Why Study Dead People? Or “Discovering Your Family’s History” Podcast Interview with Wayne Haston https://youtu.be/1_RmldZXnY8 DEBORAH JOHNSON, M.A., creator of Hero Mountainâ„¢Â® and past President of Los Angeles National Speakers Association, is an international award-winning music artist, author, speaker and National Media Commentator. Deborah provides principles to produce a successful second half, creating momentum andContinue

December 17 2020

Dave and Estelle Haston

David Rhea and Estelle Suggs Haston Daniel Haston Family History “Hall of Famers” David Rhea and Estelle (Suggs) Haston lived in Sparta, Tennessee (White County, TN). You can see their birth and death dates on the Highland Cemetery tombstone below. For 20+ years (mid-1960s until sometime in the late 1980s or so) Dave and EstelleContinue

December 6 2020

Colonel Howard H. Hasting, Sr.

Colonel Howard H. Hasting, Sr. 1950s-80s Daniel Haston Family Researcher A Daniel Haston History Hall of Famer Howard H. Hasting, Sr. March 23, 1905-April 1, 2003 Oldest of six children. Graduate of the United States Military Academy, West Point in 1928. Separated from the armed service in 1931, he practiced law in Arkansas until heContinue

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Cowboy Missionary to Chickasaw Indians – Nathan Lorenza Haston

Cowboy Missionaries to Chickasaw Indians

Part 1 - Nathan Lorenza Haston

My first cousin three times removed. -Wayne Haston

Missionary Brothers

Willard Durham Haston’s Link will be activated when his page is published.

Nathan Lorenza Haston was born in Van Buren County, TN in 1849. His parents were Wiley B. and Mary Durham Haston. Nathan Lorenza was a Great Grandson Daniel Haston. His father, Wiley B., was 20 years old when Daniel died so Nathan Lorenza would have heard many stories about the early Haston family.
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When Nathan Lorenza was about 10 years old, his parents moved the family to Arkansas. Apparently, they stopped in Yell County, AR for a while, where his younger brother, Willard Durham Haston, was born. They moved to the western edge of the state, Sebastian County, AR, where their father died, leaving wife Mary with several children, six of whom were under the age of 15.

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Mary must have felt overwhelmed–now a widow with a bunch of children, living about 600 miles away from her Durham family and many friends back in Tennessee! By the time of the 1870 census, almost ten years after the death of her husband, Mary was living back in Van Buren County, TN, with her kids. We don’t know how long she was in Arkansas after her husband died, but I’m guessing it wasn’t long before she left Arkansas for home in Tennessee.

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But some of the kids, Nathan Lorenza, David S., and Willard Durham Haston, had not forgotten their father’s dream of living west of the Mississippi River, Arkansas specifically. At the time of the 1880 census, N.L. and his Arkansas-born wife, Mary Theodosia (George), were living in Yell County, AR, with Nathan Lorenza’a brothers D.S. (age 23) and Wm. D. (age 20) in their household.

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Unfortunately, there are no (known to me) records of when Nathan Lorenza became a Freewill Baptist preacher. But when the Freewill Baptists launched missionary work among the native American nations in the Oklahoma Territory (see below), Nathan Lorenza and brother Willard Durham Haston joined the Freewill Baptist missionary venture among the Chickasaw and other Indian nations of the Oklahoma Territory in approximately 1890. Perhaps they were influenced by the ministry of J.M. Roberts and R.J. townsend, who were Freewill Baptists ministering in Arkansas until about 1884.

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Nathan Lorenza’s missionary work was cut short by his death in 1897. But his missionary brother, Willard Durham Haston, continued in ministry among the Chickasaw Indians in Johnston County, OK until about 1905 (or early 1906) when he moved to Cottle County, Texas. More about Elder W.D. Haston in another article.

Nathan Lorenza Haston’s Family Background

Missionary Ministry in Oklahoma Indian Territory

Where Nathan Lorenza and Willard Durham Haston served as missionaries was only a “Territory”–“Oklahoma Territory”–until it achieved statehood on November 16, 1907. Consequently family records of the territory and missionary activity there are scarce. We don’t know what churches they founded and specifically where they were located, but I have been able to pull together some pieces of information concerning the missionary work of Freewill Baptists then and there.

The late territorial and early statehood years also saw the beginnings of Freewill Baptist work in Oklahoma.

Baptists - The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture

Nathan Lorenza and Mary Theodosia George HASTON Family

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The 31 Chapters in the Book

Section One – Our Haston Family Roots in Europe

Chapter 1 – The Pre-DNA Search for Our Family Roots

Chapter 2 – Switzerland, Our Deepest European Roots

Chapter 3 – Anabaptists in Switzerland

Chapter 4 – Anabaptists Flee to Eastern France and the Rhineland of Germany

Chapter 5 – Ibersheim in the Palatinate of Germany

Chapter 6 – Emigration to America

Section Two – Henrich Hiestand in America

Chapter 7 – Henrich Hiestand in Pennsylvania

Chapter 8 – Henrich Hiestand in Virginia

Section Three – Daniel and Abraham Hiestand

Chapter 9 – Daniel Haston in Virginia

Chapter 10 – Daniel Haston, a Revolutionary War Veteran?

Chapter 11 – Daniel Haston’s Early North Carolina Connections

Chapter 12 – Hiestand Families in Upper East Tennessee

Chapter 13 – Hiestand Families in Early Kentucky

Section Four – Daniel Haston Family in Tennessee

Chapter 14 – Daniel Haston Family in Knox County, Tennessee

Chapter 15 – David Haston’s Young Family

Chapter 16 – Daniel Haston’s Family in White County, Tennessee

Section Five – Children of Daniel Haston

Chapter 17 – David Haston in White County, Tennessee

Chapter 18 – David Haston in Van Buren County, Tennessee

Chapter 19 – Grandson, Montgomery Greenville Haston

Chapter 20 – Joseph Haston

Chapter 21 – Jacob and Lucinda Haston Mitchell

Chapter 22 – John and Catherine Haston Austin

Chapter 23 – Isaac Haston in Tennessee

Chapter 24 – Isaac Haston in Missouri

Chapter 25 – Isaac Haston in California

Chapter 26 – Jesse Haston

Chapter 27 – Jeremiah Haston

Chapter 28 – Daniel Haston, Jr.

Chapter 29 – James and Elizabeth Haston Roddy

Chapter 30 – Mary/Polly and Peggy Hastings?

Addendum

Chapter 31 – Big Fork Baptist Church and Cemetery

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06 – James Thomas Haston-Hasting & Clan to Yell County, Arkansas

James Thomas Haston/Hasting Clan to Arkansas

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The following story of this branch of the Daniel Haston family was assembled and written by Colonel Howard Hillman Haston, Sr., a member of this family and a West Point graduate.

Murry's Cavalry - Tennessee (Confederate) 4th Cavalry Regiment

James (Thomas) Haston joined Company A of the Tennessee (Confederate) 4th Cavalry Regiment, along with seven of his Haston relatives and some others from Van Buren County, TN. The company was organized on June 14, 1862 in Chattanooga, TN.

I have no reason to believe that James Thomas Haston was at Fort Sumter in South Carolina on April 13, 1861, when the fort was fired on.

Murray’s Cavalry Regiment [also called 4th Regiment] was organized in August, 1862, using Spiller’s Tennessee Cavalry Battalion as its nucleus. The unit was attached to Wharton’s Brigade and fought at Perryville and Murfreesborough. On January 23, 1863, it disbanded.

Where did James Thomas Haston get the idea that the Haston name should be Hasting?

I don’t know, but he should have discussed this with his Uncle David or Grandfather Joseph, who knew the truth about the family name. They were consistently spelling it “Haston” before and when they settled in White County, TN.

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04 – Civil War Widow – Amanda Haston Dale to Yell County, AR

Another Widowed Haston Woman - to Yell County, AR

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Be Aware: Some incorrect information in the Dale Family Book – Amanda was not a granddaughter of David and Peggy Haston. She was a daughter of Joseph and Sarah Creely Haston.

Amanda Creely Haston was the daughter of Joseph and Sarah Creely Haston and the granddaughter of Daniel Haston. She was born in about 1831, probably just a few months after her father died. In 1850, she lived with her mother in the 3rd district of Van Buren County, TN.

She married William Leonard Dale on March 13, 1858, in White County, TN. William Leonard Dale (Sr.) was the son of John H. and Margaret Dale.

John H. Dale, Amanda’s father-in-law, ran a grist mill on Cane Creek near Amanda’s and other Hastons’ homes. He also ran a public ferry on the Caney Fork River, where Cane Creek emptied into the river. No doubt all of the Hastons in that area, Amanda’s widowed mother (Sarah), and David Haston family members, were regular customers on the ferry and probably at the grist mill. John H. Dale was killed by lightning on August 2, 1847. His wife, William Leonard Dale’s mother, died in 1852.

Three of their children, younger siblings of William Leonard Dale, were “bound out” to be raised and apprenticed after the death of their mother in 1852–Thomas Rufus Dale, age 11; Dicey Dale, age 9; Wesley Martin Dale, age 6.

On January 4, 1862, at Sparta, TN, William L. Dale enlisted for 12 months in the 1st Tennessee Infantry Battalion of the Confederate Army, led by Major Stephen H. Colms. He was a private in Captain William M. Simpson’s Company E, along with other men from White County, TN. He joined along with his nephew, William Henderson Haston (grandson of Joseph Haston through Isaac and Emily King Haston).

William L. Dale's Civil War Experiences

William L. Dale’s participation in the Civil War got off to a bad start, five weeks after he enlisted the Confederates surrendered Fort Donelson, near Nashville, TN, and his company was captured. The loss resulted in most of Kentucky and much of Tennessee falling under Union control. The battalion was exchanged at Vicksburg September 10, 1862 and reorganized at the Camp for Exchanged Prisoners at Jackson, Mississippi, on September 20, 1862.

William Dale’s unit fought in the Battle of Chickasaw Bayou (Mississippi), December 26–29, 1862. The Confederates gained a victory in this opening engagement of the Vicksburg Campaign, an encouraging stop in the Union’s attempt to gain control of the Mississippi River.

On May 12, 1863, Amanda Haston Dales’ husband, was engaged at the Battle of Raymond (Mississippi), another attempt to repulse the Union’s advance of Vicksburg, Mississippi. The Confederates disengaged and fell back in the face of superior Union numbers.

Port Hudson is located about 20 miles northwest of Baton Rouge, LA. The May 22–July 9, 1863 battle-siege at Port Hudson was the final engagement in the Union campaign to recapture the Mississippi River in the Civil War. While Union General Grant was besieging Vicksburg upriver, Union General Banks was ordered to capture Port Hudson, a Confederate stronghold downriver. When the Union assault on Port Hudson failed, his massive army settled into a 48-day siege, the longest in US military history to that point. When Vicksburg fell, the Confederates surrendered at Port Hudson.

Poor supply lines, starvation, and disease were to remain the constant problems of the Port Hudson position, and overwhelm efforts to improve conditions for the soldiers of the garrison. Louisiana Private Robert D. Patrick wrote: “…never since I have been in the army have I fared so badly and in truth I have been almost starved.” -Wikipedia

“By July, the siege grew desperate for the Confederates for lack of food, and many soldiers resorted to eating mules and rats.”

750 Rebel soldiers were killed or wounded; 250 died of disease, and 6,340 surrendered. Many of those who surrendered signed the US oath of allegiance and joined the Union Army rather than be incarcerated in a prison camp. William Leonard Dale was one of those who joined the Union Army.

February 1864 - On Furlough Back Home in White County, TN

Amanda Haston Dale

Another Haston Widow Leads Her Family to Yell County, Arkansas

At the time of the 1870 census, Amanda (“Dail”) and her three children were living in District 2 (Hickory Valley) of White County, TN–John H. (11), Sarah M. (9), and William L. (6).

Amanda Haston Dale (born 1831) was a younger sister of Malinda Haston Howard (born in 1819 or earlier). They were both widows – single moms – left to raise their children.

According to the family report of Howard H. Hasting (below) I have always thought that Malinda Haston Howard and Amanda traveled together with their families to Yell County, Arkansas together. However, Amanda’s family appears in the 1870 White County, TN census and Malinda’s family does not.

However, Malinda supposedly lived in Madison County, TN a short while in the 1870s before moving on to Yell County, Arkansas. Maybe Amanda caught up with her older sister Malinda in Madison County, TN, and perhaps they journeyed together from there to Yell County.

William L. and Amanda’s oldest son, John Henry Dale, who “disappeared while living in Boone County, Arkansas,” moved to Cook County, IL, where he worked as a railroad fireman. He died there on March 3, 1928 and is buried in the Ebenezer Lutheran Cemetery in Oak Forest, IL.

Family records indicate that Amanda Dale died in 1876, a few years after settling in Yell County, Arkansas. I have not discovered where she died and was buried.

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03 – Malinda Haston Howard, Widow of William Howard

Widow Malinda, Moved Her Family to Yell County, Arkansasd

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Malinda Haston (Maragriet Malinda Alzina Haston, as per some sources) was born on December 5, 1815 (some sources say 1819) in what was still White County, TN at that time–later Van Buren County. Colonel Howard Hillman Hasting summarized her life story in the seven lines you see below.

Malinda Haston married William P. Howard in then-White County, TN on September 5, 1839, with John Gillentine, Esquire, officiating their marriage.

But, Was William Howard Killed by Bushwhackers?

Here’s the Official Mortality Record

I choose to believe the official mortality report that he died of Flux. His brother-in-law, William Leonard Dale (husband of Malinda’s sister, Amanda) was killed by bushwhackers in 1864, so I assume the Haston family facts have been confused. You will learn the William Leonard Dale story in the article to follow this one. See the button link above.

Bloody Flux

Dysentery, also known as “camp fever” or “the bloody flux,” was endemic throughout the colonial period and it raged right up through the Civil War. Symptoms of the disease include bloody or mucusy diarrhea, stomach cramps, pain, nausea, vomiting, and fever. Not only was dysentery a bacterial infection, but toxins can also be secreted by another type of Shigella bacteria, which damages blood vessels in the gut, kidneys, and lungs. This can produce hemorrhaging, bloody diarrhea, kidney failure, or even pulmonary edema.

Since the bloody flux was so common, people had no idea of the causes and it raged right up through the Civil War. Now we know it is caused by the Shigella bacteria and spreads rapidly in unsanitary conditions where food and water are contaminated by human waste. Crowded ships and soldier camps, poor personal hygiene, and lack of hand-washing conspired to create ideal breeding grounds for Shigella. This made dysentery a recurring, debilitating, and often fatal disease. Source

According to the 1850 census, William (age 30) and Malinda (age 31) were living in District 3 of Van Buren County, TN, with five children: Eliza J., age 9; Isaac M., age 7; Martha C., age 5; Joseph H., age 3; and James A., age 7 months. They were living next to John and Arenetta Haston. Malinda’s husband, William Howard, was a blacksmith, as was his father, Isaac Howard, according to the 1870 census.

At the time of the June 1, 1860 census, Melinda (age 43) was the head of the Howard household, no doubt grieving the recent death of her husband. All nine children were still living at home, and six of them were in school that year! Imagine a single mom with six children in school and two under school age–ages 2 and 4. Malinda and her 18-year-old daughter, Jane, were seamstresses.

I have not found an 1870 census record for Malinda in Van Buren County or elsewhere. She may have been on her way to Arkansas, but that’s just a “maybe.”

If you research this family, you will see references to William and Malinda Howard, who were on the 1870 census in Jefferson County, TN. This is a DIFFERENT family of Howards. The names of the children do not match the Malinda Haston Howard family and William Howard of Van Buren County, TN had been dead more than 10 years by the time of the July 8, 1870 Jefferson County, TN William Howard.

Malinda Howard appeared on the June 30, 1880 census in Magazine Township of Yell County, Arkansas. Sons William M. (age 26) and Thomas F. (age 19) were living with her.

Joseph H. Howard - Son of William and Malinda

Sheriff of Yell County, Arkansas

Inconsistencies with Other Records

Date of birth, January 31, 1849 does not match the 1850 census record that says he was three years old.
“His father was a gunsmith by trade” = possible, but Van Buren census records say he was a blacksmith.
Dates of his father’s birth and marriage of his parents do not match other records.
“Here the father died” – if “here” means Yell County, Arkansas, this is definitely wrong. William Howard died in Tennessee.

After what must have been a tough life, Malinda died on January 23, 1892. She was buried in the Shepherd Cemetery. Omega Road, Alpha, Yell County, Arkansas 72833, United States; Coordinates: 35.12860, -93.26440

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05 – Green Madison “Doc” and Margaret Ann Haston Shepherd

G.M. "Doc" and Margaret Ann Haston Shepherd

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The 1850 Caswell County, NC Federal Census indicates that Green M F A R Shepherd was two years old and living with his family, John and Tempy (Temperance) Shepherd in Caswell County, NC. The record states that he, his parents, and his siblings were all born in the county of Person, NC. Person County was created out of Caswell County in 1792. They were all mulattoes. Sometime between the 1850 and 1860 censuses, this mulatto Shepherd family moved to the southern end of White County, TN.
Note: Mulatto typically refers to a person of mix black and white ancestry. (Source: Britannica)

G.M. “Doc” and Margaret Ann Haston Shepherd were part of a movement of families (Hastons and related families in particular) who moved from Van Buren County and White County, TN to Yell County, AR in the final decades of the 1800s. Precisely why they moved is unknown, but it was probably because “grass was greener” west of Tennessee at that time–good land was available and more affordable than in Middle TN. Sometimes, you may find him referred to “Doc” Shepherd, but he was not a medical doctor. For some reason, “Doc” was his nickname.

According to the 1860 census, G M F A R Shepherd (F = Franklin, A = Alexander, R = Rasby ) was 13 years old (born in 1847) was living with his parents, John and Temperance Shepherd in the area of River Hill in the 2nd District of White County, TN. He was enrolled in school, probably the (Old) Union School of that area, if his mulatto status would have allowed him to do so at that time.

That same year, Margaret (Ann) Haston was nine years old, living with her parents, William Carroll and Jane Denney Haston, south of Cane Creek and the Caney Fork River in Van Buren County, TN. She and her two brothers, Charles Thomas Haston and Van Haston, attended school that year–possibly across (north of) the river into White County at the (Old) Union School. Even though they were in different counties, the Shepherds and Hastons were not far apart.

Before the next census, they were married on January 16, 1869, in Van Buren County, TN. So, as young people, they grew up living in the turbulent Civil War years.

On July 26, 1870 (Federal Census record), D. (probably D = “Doc”) and Margaret Shepherd–he age 23, she age 19–were living in District 3 of Van Buren County, TN with no children. They were living near some Hasting (Haston) families.

They were still living in the 3rd District of Van Buren County, TN at the time of the 1880 census. That was near where Margaret grew up. Margaret’s brother, David L. “Van” Haston, lived two houses away. Four children were in their household: Martha, age 9; Jennie, age 7; Dalton, age 3; and Fannie, age 1. Martha and Jennie were both attending school.

Hugh J. Brady and wife Cherokee D. were one more, a third, house from them. Hugh Brady was a colonel in the Federal Army during the Civil War. He was a U.S. storekeeper and gauger at the time of the census. Note: Gauger in the 1800s =a government official responsible for measuring the contents of barrels or casks, particularly those containing liquids like alcohol, to ensure accurate taxation based on volume.

According to the Centerville Township, Yell County, AR 1900 census, three children were living at home with them: Cleveland [John Cleveland], age 15 (born December 1884); Carrel [William Carroll] (son) age 12 (born April 1888), and Ellen (daughter) age 8 (born February 1892). All of them were born in Arkansas, so we know that GM and Margaret moved to Arkansas before the mid-1880s.

A man named G.M. Shepherd was tried for selling liquor to Chocktaw Indians on their reservation in Tuskahoma, Oklahoma. It was a Federal offense. On its western border, Arkansas was adjacent to Oklahoma’s Indian territory. Tuskahoma was about 175 miles from Dardanelle, AR. Was this the husband of Margaret Ann Haston? There were a few other Shepherds that were also charged with that crime, a George Shepherd for one. But the other names do not seem to fit the G.M. and Margaret Haston Shepherd. Was this “G.M. Shepherd” Margaret’s husband?

In 1910, they were living in the Dardanelle Township of Yell County, AR. Cleveland (son, age 25 and divorced) and [William Carrol] Carol (son, age 22) were living with them and both were bakers, apparently co-owners of a bakery shop. Green and Margaret Ann had been married for 38 years. Margaret had borne seven children, but only four were still living.

At the time of the 1920 census, Green M. and Margaret A. were stilling living in the same township of Dardanelle County, AR. Son [John Cleveland] John C. (age 36, born in Arkansas) was with them. Green, at age 72, was a “Cat [cattle?] Seed Buyer,” a wage earner for a company.

Margaret died January 11, 1924, and was buried in the Brearley Cemetery in Dardanelle, Yell County, AR.

The obituary for Green Madison Shepherd says that he moved to the Gould Township of Lincoln County, Arkansas, to live with his son about 10 years before he died.

Green Madison Shepherd died on November 17, 1938 at the age of 91. Apparently, he was living with his son, William Carrol Shepherd (I assume), in Gould of Lincoln County, AR at the time of his death. He was buried on November 18 beside his wife Margaret in the Brearley Cemetery back in Dardanelle, AR. Son, W.C. Shepherd provided the information for his death certificate.

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Sparta, TN – One Vote Shy of Becoming the State Capital?

Did Sparta, TN Almost Become the Capital of Tennessee?

All of us old-timers who grew up in White County, Tennessee, have heard the story about Sparta coming one vote short of becoming the capital of Tennessee. The story usually goes on to say that the needed vote was “sold” for a drink of whiskey. Well, here’s the LEGEND and the FACTS that can be known and documented about that story.

The Legend

Some years after the settlement of Sparta, there was an election held in the state legislature to select a permanent capital for the state. Many of the towns in East and Middle Tennessee were voted on. When it cam to the vote between Nashville and Sparta, that vote failed to be put on the House Journal. The legend goes that Sparta lacked only one vote of receiving enough to make it a capital, and that vote was sold for a drink of whiskey. Sam Turney at that time represented White County as senator and he worked for Sparta. The representative from White County was John Dearing, who, in the election, voted for Nashville. It is uncertain what influenced him to vote thus as it would be reasonable to expect one in that position to vote according to the wishes of his people and also for his home town. He has ever since been criticized for his action then.

Coral Williams - Legends and Stories of White County, TN

The Facts

# 1 – The “new” 1834 Tennessee Constitution required a permanent capital site be chosen. In 1840, the issue of which Tennessee town or city would become the state capital did come to a vote.

# 2 – John W. Dearing was the representative for White County (Sparta) in the TN State House of Representatives. Sam Turney was the senator for White County (Sparta).

# 3 – On January 28, 1840, the Tennessee State Senate passed a resolution that the capital of Tennessee be moved from Nashville to Murfreesboro. The Senate attached the condition that the Governor and other officers be allowed to remain in Nashville until the meeting of the next (September, 1841) Legislature .

# 4 – The day after the Senate’s resolution was passed down to the House of Representatives, the House rejected the resolution specifically because of the attached condition.

# 5 – During these expressions of opposition, an amendment was offered to strike out Murfreesboro and insert Sparta as the new site for the State capital.

# 6 – When the vote was taken for this amended resolution, the representatives were evenly divided, which caused the Senate’s resolution to fail. One vote would have swung the resolution in favor of Sparta. This action was not the FINAL decision concerning the permanent site of the capital. Legislative maneuvering continued for a few days, which made the House’s action on January 29, 1840, meaningless. So, (as you will soon see) if Sparta had been favored in the resolution, it is very unlikely that Sparta would ended up being the state capital.

# 7 – The Speaker of the House quickly signed the Senate’s proposal and the presiding officers of the Senate followed with their final approval, which appeared at the time to make Murfreesboro the permanent state capital. Largely because of it’s proximity to the geographic center of Tennessee. The geographic center of Tennessee is located on Old Lascassas Pike, a half-mile from the campus of Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro, TN.

Note: Sparta’s “first objective” was to be in the resolution from the House of Representatives. The next and final objective would have been for the Senate to accept the House’s resolution. However, the “Sparta resolution” never got out of the House, much less to the Senate.

# 8 – As it turns out, this January 29, 1840, action was negated by congressional maneuvering in the days to follow. On Friday, January 31, a resolution was introduced into the House, rescinding the resolution to Murfreesboro and fixing the seat of Government again at Nashville. Dearing, the Sparta-White County representative, opposed the resolution, but he was in the minority. The resolution was carried over to the Senate where the Sparta-White County senator, Sam Turney, was initially NOT in favor of it. After some more maneuvering, the resolution passed with Turney voting FOR the resolution, which made Nashville the state’s permanent capital.

The final vote in the Senate was 12 “yeas” (for Nashville) and 11 “nays” (against Nashville). According to the February 5, 1840 (Nashville) Republican Banner article: “This result was effected by Mr. Turney’s [Sparta-White County’s senator] changing his vote in favor of Nashville.”

Summary

Yes, the vote that eventually made Nashville the permanent capital of Tennessee came down to one vote and that vote was cast by Sparta-White County’s State senator, Sam Turney. However, at that point Sparta was NOT in the consideration, so it was not a Nashville vs. Sparta vote. Sparta-White County’s representative John Dearing, in the House, opposed Nashville. It was not Dearing’s vote that gave Nashville the win.

Regarding the influence of a “drink of alcohol,” that accusation is doubtful. Sam Turney was an eccentric character and often made controversial choices. He was a popular attorney and no doubt wealthy enough to purchase alcohol if and when he wanted.

The editor of the Nashville Republican Banner made this comment regarding Turney:

With this gentleman we have no affinities, personal or political; but it is due to him to say, that he only did at once and without hesitation, what others would have eventually done, had it been necessary. We know from undoubted information, that another Van Buren [the Democratic President, not the Tennessee County] Senator, whose personal and political integrity is above suspicion, was prepared to vote for Nashville, rather than compel the Governor and other Officers of State to trudge away to Murfreesborough.

The Republican Banner - Article After the Final Decision

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Hon. Sam Turney was an unique character. He was one of the most successful lawyers ever at the Sparta Bar. He was original but very eccentric. He used to sit at a hotel and cut his own hair. When remonstrated with, he replied, ”I guess I know the shape of my own head.” There were no records of warrants and indictments kept in those days, Turney would eat the warrants, thus freeing his client. Once a counterfeiter was up for trial, Turney was his lawyer. Turney asked to see the five dollar bill presented in evidence. Talking and wrapping the bill around his finger he found a chance to put the bill into his mouth and at the same time took a good bill out of his vest pocket and substituted it for the counterfeit. Then he requested the Judge to send three men to the bank to see if it would pass. It did and his client went free. He won national fame for planning the escapade which prevented our State from having a United States Senator for two years. He and the actors with him became known as The Immortal Thirteen. Toward the end of his life he was baptized and became a Christian preacher. Great crowds came to the services whenever it was announced that he would preach. He was a soldier in the War of 1812 and when he died in Sparta in 1862, he was buried by a Convoy of Federal soldiers. Page 95 of The History of White County by Monroe Seals.

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Probable Nephew of David and Peggy RODDY Haston

Background

General Philip Dale Roddy

Post-War Scandals

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Haston History Book to Every Place Daniel Haston Descendants Live or Have Lived

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Famous Early Americans Our Hastons Met and Knew, Part 2

General/President Andrew Jackson (1767-1845)

Tennessee Governor Willie Blount (1768-1835)

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Famous Early Americans Our Hastons Met and Knew, Part 1

John Sevier (1745-1815)

William Cocke (1748-1828)

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In 1799, 100 Acres Were Surveyed for Abraham Hiestand/Hestand

Daniel and Abraham Hiestand - Post Virginia

Abraham Hestand's Tebbs Bend Survey

Site of the Battle of Tebbs Bend

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Our 300th Blog Post/Article - Browse All of Them

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Cowboy Missionaries to Chickasaw Indians

Part 1 - Nathan Lorenza Haston

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The 31 Chapters in the Book

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210 Pages of Haston Family History - Years of Work, Free to You

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Answering Basic Questions About DNA Research

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James Thomas Haston/Hasting Clan to Arkansas

Murry's Cavalry - Tennessee (Confederate) 4th Cavalry Regiment

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Another Widowed Haston Woman - to Yell County, AR

William L. Dale's Civil War Experiences

February 1864 - On Furlough Back Home in White County, TN

Amanda Haston Dale

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Widow Malinda, Moved Her Family to Yell County, Arkansasd

Joseph H. Howard - Son of William and Malinda

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G.M. "Doc" and Margaret Ann Haston Shepherd

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